Samanta Lal Sen
{{Short description|Bangladeshi physician and healthcare coordinator, technocrat minister}}
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{{Infobox office holder
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| name = Samanta Lal Sen
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| native_name = সামন্ত লাল সেন
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| alma_mater = Chittagong Medical College
| office = Minister of Health and Family Welfare
| primeminister = Sheikh Hasina
| predecessor = Zahid Maleque
| successor = Nurjahan Begum
| term_start = 11 January 2024
| term_end = 5 August 2024
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| awards = Bangla Academy Fellowship (2018)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|11|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sylhet District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan {{small|(now Habiganj District, Bangladesh)}}
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Samanta Lal Sen is a Bangladeshi physician and the former Minister of Health and Family Welfare.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/336429/new-cabinet-yeafesh-osman-samanta-lal-sen-to|title=New Cabinet: Yeafesh Osman, Samanta Lal Sen to become technocrat ministers|website=Dhaka Tribune|date=10 January 2024}} Earlier, he was chief coordinator of the Burn Units across Bangladesh.{{Cite news |date=2011-02-12 |title=Samanta Lal chief coordinator of all burn units |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-173839 |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Early life
Sen was born on 24 November 1949 in Habiganj, East Bengal, Pakistan.{{Cite news |date=13 January 2024 |title=Dr Samanta Lal Sen to take office as health minister Sunday |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/health/336650/dr-samanta-lal-sen-to-take-office-as-health |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}} In 1973, he completed his MBBS from Chittagong Medical College. He did a diploma in Specialized Surgery in 1980 from Austria.
Career
Sen worked under Professors Kabiruddin and Mohammad Shahidullah of the Burn and Plastic Surgery unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital before taking over the unit.{{Cite web |date=2010-11-27 |title=A public hospital with a difference |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-163834 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} He was the project director of the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.{{Cite web |date=2014-01-03 |title=The Saviours of Our Time |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/the-saviours-of-our-time-4987 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
In February 2011, Sen was appointed the chief coordinator of all Burn Units in Bangladesh.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-12 |title=Samanta Lal chief coordinator of all burn units |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-173839 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Sen, national coordinator of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in July 2017 to seek financial support for a patient.{{Cite web |date=2017-07-25 |title=Take Muktamoni abroad if necessary, PM tells doctor |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/take-satkhira-muktamoni-abroad-if-necessary-prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-tells-doctor-1438612 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Sen was awarded the Bangla Academy Fellowship in 2018.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-12 |title=Burn institute Coordinator Prof Samanta Lal Sen now health minister |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/election-2024/news/news/burn-institute-coordinator-prof-samanta-lal-sen-now-health-minister-3517361 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh gave Sen the HRPB Award-2016.{{Cite web |date=2018-10-22 |title=Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Samanta Lal Sen honoured |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/abdullah-abu-sayeed-samanta-lal-sen-honoured-1650265 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} Sen was the coordinator of the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
In January 2024, Sen was appointed Minister of Health and Family Welfare, replacing Zahid Maleque. Sen was surprised at his appointment.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-11 |title=The dream to serve: Samanta Lal Sen becomes new health minister |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/samanta-lal-sen-becomes-new-health-minister-773534 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}} He spoke against corruption after taking office.{{Cite web |title=I have never been corrupt and I won't tolerate corruption, says new Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/lfmc5gd5ob |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=bdnews24.com |language=en}}
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Category:Health and Family Welfare ministers of Bangladesh
Category:People from Habiganj District
Category:Chittagong Medical College alumni
Category:Academic staff of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital