Bangladesh Medical Education Accreditation Bill, 2023 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad with an aim to ensure quality medical education by acknowledging the education curriculum and the concerned institutions through providing accreditation certificates.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today placed the bill in the House with Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
While placing the bill, the minister said an accreditation council will be formed to recognise the medical educational institutions of the country. Anyone going abroad to provide medical treatment or study medical science has to have approval from the Bangladesh Accreditation Council.
The draft of the law has been brought in principal to improve the quality of medical education and treatment in Bangladesh in line with the world. From now on, no one will be able to go abroad to study and provide medical services without this approval.
He said according to a joint decision of the World Health Organisation and the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME), an accreditation council would recognise medical educational institutions in every country in order to gain medical recognition in the developed world.
“Without this accreditation, even if someone from our country passes MBBS, he or she will not be able to go abroad for higher study, or be recognised as a doctor in any other country,” said the draft law.
“By 2024, doctors from countries where medical institutions have not been recognised by an independent accreditation council, will not have the opportunity to receive higher education, training or professional work in the United States and Canada,” it said.
The minister urged the House to sent the bill to the concerned parliamentary standing committee for providing reports within fifteen days.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha