Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim has inaugurated the first round of the four-day-long National Vitamin A plus campaign 2018 in Pabna. The minister inaugurated the campaign as the chief guest at Pabna General Hospital at 9:45am on Saturday. Additional Health Secretary Habibur Rahman presided over the program. “The vitamin A capsules for children are completely free,” said the health minister as he urged everyone to go to the vaccination points with their children. “These vaccines will prevent our children from getting night blindness,” he added. The minister also said he had kept his promise in establishing a 500 bed capacity hospital in Pabna. “Four 500 bed capacity hospitals will be established in the country through Indian funding, and one of them is in Pabna. Our honourable prime minister will inaugurate the foundation work of the Pabna hospital today (Sarurday).” Pabna-5 Member of Parliament (MP) Golam Faruque Prince also spoke on the occasion.