Emdadur Rahman Chowdhury Zia, Sylhet

Sharmin S Murshid, Adviser to the Ministry of Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs said that the One-Stop Crisis Center (OCC) should be made more dynamic to prevent violence against women and children. Public awareness should be created to call the national helpline 109 to seek services.

She said these during a visit of the One-Stop Crisis Center (OCC) under the Multisectoral Program to Prevent Violence Against Women of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs at MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet on Sunday.

During the inspection, the adviser was accompanied by MAG Osmani Medical College Principal Professor Dr. Md. Ziaur Rahman Chowdhury, Director of Osmani Medical College Hospital Brigadier General Umar Rashed Munir, Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Professor Dr. Nasreen Akhtar, Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine Dr. Md. Shamsul Islam and Deputy Director Dr. Soumitra Chakraborty.

Adviser Sharmin S Murshid instructed the officials present on how to provide better medical services and legal assistance with the current manpower. She assured that initiatives will be taken to establish a forensic and DNA profiling lab in a separate complex in Sylhet to make the One-Stop Crisis Center (OCC) more effective. The advisor set a time limit of one week for the Osmani Medical College and Hospital authorities to submit a detailed report with recommendations on what problems exist in providing effective services at the OCC and how to solve them.

During the inspection, Sharmin S Murshid inquired about the medical treatment of the victims of the student-public uprising at Osmani Medical. During this, the Director of Osmani Medical College Hospital mentioned that the July Foundation District Committee would be provided with all kinds of information to finalize the list of those injured in the student-public uprising in July-August quickly and accurately.

Earlier, Adviser Sharmin S. Murshid visited the day care center of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in Raynagar in the city. Later, she visited the teenage club of Baishitila Government Primary School in Sadar Upazila.