Despite several marked improvements in the public health sector, authorities are yet to make public hospitals to host a warm welcome to the commoners.

Shabby upkeep of surroundings, fronts used as dumping yards and premises occupied by illegal vendors – are what the common people have to struggle through to get medicare.

The Daily Star Online walked through Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka where the largest cluster of public hospitals is located and spoke to authorities concerned in this regard.

The hospitals pictured in this video are: National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO),National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nitor)

National Shishu (Children) Hospital, National Institute of Mental Health & Research (NIMH&R), National Institute of Kidney Diseases & Urology (NIKDU), National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital (SSMCH).