'Health protection law to be endorsed within a short time'

 
Health and Family Welfare Senior Secretary MA Akmal Hossain on Wednesday said the draft of the Health Protection Act-2012 would be sent to the Cabinet Division by Sunday next.

He was briefing reporters at the meeting of the ministry at the Secretariat in the capital.

Akmal Hossain said, "Research was done on the law in the last 12 years. But now, we are sending the law to the Cabinet Division within 24 days after taking charges."

A total of 625 people have lost their lives and 18,380 have been injured during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, he said.