Recognition is yet due as it deserves

Physiotherapy, an useful part of modern treatment are not getting proper recognition as it deserves and ignored in many ways. The subject has not yet been included in the recent proposed national health policy, according to the source of Bangladesh Physiotherapy Society (BPS).
BPS urged the government to formulate a complete guideline for physiotherapists and ensure their rights as healthcare professionals. For long, physiotherapists have been serving patients as an autonomous healthcare professional. Worldwide, it is proven that physiotherapy is a safe, curative, promotional and effective treatment option.
Along with infectious disease, Bangladesh is experiencing burden of non-communicable diseases (e.g. stroke, paralysis, obesity, diabetes, heart diseases) with increasing number of children living with autism. As a result, a major portion of our population is disabled somehow. This rate is increasing very quickly. Physiotherapy has the tremendous role in transforming people from the disable to active form.
The acting president of BPS, Dalilur Rahman said "Though the period of physiotherapy profession in Bangladesh is nearly 40 years, unfortunately there is no initiative from the government to form a Physiotherapy Council or even to include the profession in the national health policy. We strongly believe that it is a demand of time to include physiotherapy in the national health policy and take initiative to form physiotherapy council."