President Md Abdul Hamid said Sunday it will have to be ensured that the poor are not deprived of medical treatment due to lack of money, reports BSS.
"Providing the poor people medical facilities must be given priority . . . we must ensure that the poor people are not deprived of or neglected from medical treatment due only to lack of money," the President said while speaking at the 2nd convocation of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
The President said the big challenge of the country is to ensure healthcare facilities for its huge population because the doctor-population ratio is not proportionate in the country.
So, the numbers of doctor-nurse must be increased to ensure the healthcare facilities of the people, he added.
He said medical profession is a noble one because it is closely related to people's healthcare and saving their lives. When people become sick they go to doctors for treatment and advice, he said, adding that so, doctors need to be caring while providing treatment to the patients.
Abdul Hamid said medical science is an ever-changing subject and it is going ahead through overcoming new diseases. The nature and type of diseases are different in respect of country and region. Besides, the nature and type of diseases could be changed because of climate change, he said, adding that medical education and research will have to be conducted taking all these issues into consideration.
The President urged the doctors to aware people about how the deadly disease such as cancer, heart ailment, AIDS can be prevented because the treatment of these diseases is costly and their treatment management also takes long time. He also suggested creating awareness about maintaining healthy life because it will help reduce the curable diseases.
Health minister Md Nasim, education minister Nurul Islam
Nahid and BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Pran Gopal Dutta, among others, spoke at the convocation.
Professor Dr. Ravi Kant, the Vice-Chancellor of King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India delivered convocation speech.
Students who passed the MD, MS, M. Phil and B. Sc in nursing/diploma within July 2014 were conferred degrees in the convocation. Three doctors were given gold medal for their outstanding academy performance while seven physicians received honorary doctorate.
