Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- High-value medical equipment purchased over a year ago remains largely unused, exposing critical gaps in resource utilisation and public money's value.

Such neglect and waste officially detected under the Expansion of the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital (NINS) project only shows the tip of the iceberg in the lifesaving health sector.

An ultrasonogram machine received by Bhaluka Upazila Health Complex in July last year from another scheme was only installed on January 5, 2025--and again left nonoperational for the absence of a specialist.

Diagnostic kits for malaria and rk-39, worth Tk 19.9 million, lie idle in the DGHS storehouse, and digital blood glucometers delivered to Trishal and Bhaluka Upazila...