Village doctors demand recognition of profession

Bangladesh Village Doctors (Welfare) Association, the Ctg district unit, yesterday at a a human chain before the Chittagong Press Club placed five-point demand including recognition of their profession.
The association demanded repeal of section 22 (1) and sub-section (1) and (3) of section 22 (2) of the Health Act, 2010 which maintain the interest of MBBS doctors.
The leaders of the association said according to the act no medical or dental doctor would provide allopathic treatment to the patient without being registered with Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) and would be jailed for three years or fined Tk 1 lakh or both if anyone violates the act.
Their other demands include recognising the village doctors as non-graduate registered doctors taking them under the act of BMDC, forming an academic board and providing certificates to them.
The association's central president Dr Abdus Sattar, the district unit president Dr Ashish Kumar Shil and general secretary Dr Abu Taher, among others, spoke at the programme.