Dhaka, June 10 -- "The hospital served rotten chicken for the patient meals on the afternoon of the second day of Eid. After eating the meat, I vomited. Many patients fell ill.

"Patients are already suffering physically. Low-quality food can pose an even greater risk to their health."

These are the words of Raihan, a patient in the Orthopaedics Ward of Khulna Medical College Hospital.

Complaints about the poor quality of food at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH), the largest government healthcare facility in the southern part of Bangladesh, are not new. Patients and their relatives have been raising such concerns for years.

During a recent visit to the hospital, several patients reiterated the same allegations.

However, hospital...