Fix one weekday for free healthcare: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the physicians not to commercialise health services and take initiatives to bring the services within reach of the commoners.
“You would never commercialise health services being influenced with the narrow interest and you should be careful so that the insolvent people are not deprived of the healthcare services,” she said.
While inaugurating the 4th International Conference on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery and the 2nd Dhaka Live, she also said she believes that the doctors are aware about their social obligation and requested them to fix a date to provide free treatment to the poor patients.
“Fix a date in every week and go to your village for providing free treatment to the rural people,” she asked the physicians.
Labaid Cardiac Hospital has arranged the two-day conference at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city.
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, Adviser to the Prime Minister Professor Syed Modasser Ali and State Minister for Health Mozibur Rahman Fakir also spoke on the occasion.
President of the Organizing Committee of the Conference Dr M Jalaluddin chaired the function, while Managing Director of Labaid Cardiac Hospital Dr AM Shamim delivered the welcome address.
She said, “We have decided to include prevention of cardiovascular diseases as part of the primary healthcare strategy in Bangladesh.”
Sheikh Hasina said the prevention of cardiovascular disease warrants a positive life-style programme. “Physicians, social organizations and care providers should take initiatives for implementing health education programme to inform, motivate and help people to adopt and maintain good health practices and life style,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said her government wants to reduce the burden of heart diseases that has been put on the society to optimize the national productivity. “Cheap and better diagnosis, treatment and quality care are at the core of reducing death of heart diseases,” she said.
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