Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday told Parliament that the government would establish six dedicated 100-bed hospitals in major industrial areas to ensure proper healthcare services for workers.

"To ensure proper medical care for workers and the working class, the government has planned to construct six hospitals, each with a capacity of 100 beds," he said, adding that the hospitals will initially be established in Dhaka's Savar and Ashulia, Gazipur's Tongi and Kaliakair, Narayanganj and Chattogram.

The hospitals would be dedicated exclusively to workers, the Prime Minister said while replying to a lawmaker's question in Parliament. "The hospitals will be named and developed specifically as healthcare facilities fo...