Ensuring healthcare for poor, underprivileged stressed
Sunday, 28 November 2010
RAJSHAHI, Nov 27 (BSS): Speakers at an advocacy workshop here Saturday emphasised the need for ensuring healthcare services to both the rural and urban poor and underprivileged people for equal development of the nation.
In this regard, they also laid stress on close relation between the service providers and the recipients to bring effective results in this regard.
Besides, creation of adequate awareness among the people in general could be the effective means of reducing corruption and anomalies in the health sector.
Population Services and Training Centre (PSTC) under its Health Rights Project organised the district level workshop at the conference hall of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) aimed at establishing people's rights on healthcare services.
The speakers stated that the present government has been putting in its best efforts to ensure better health care services to the general people.
As part of the good endeavor, they added that the government has started launching the community clinics for ensuring the healthcare services to the village people.
Chaired by President of Health Rights Movement Mozammel Haque, Civil Surgeon Dr Jahurul Islam, Pabna Upazila Family Planning Officer Dr Toufiqul Islam and Additional Chief Medical Officer of Rajshahi University Dr FMA Zaheed spoke on the occasion as resource persons.
PSTC Regional Coordi-nator Shamsunnahar Mina presented a concept paper on the issue while Advocacy Coordinator Shashanka Boron Roy made the welcome address.
Taking part in the open discussion, most of the participants underscored the need for ensuring maternal and newborn healthcare through making the rural level hospitals effective properly.
In this context, they stated that around 1,500 women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth in the country every day.
Furthermore, they revealed that many other women, who survive childbirth, suffer from pregnancy-related injuries, infections, diseases and disabilities, often with lifelong consequences.
In this regard, they also laid stress on close relation between the service providers and the recipients to bring effective results in this regard.
Besides, creation of adequate awareness among the people in general could be the effective means of reducing corruption and anomalies in the health sector.
Population Services and Training Centre (PSTC) under its Health Rights Project organised the district level workshop at the conference hall of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) aimed at establishing people's rights on healthcare services.
The speakers stated that the present government has been putting in its best efforts to ensure better health care services to the general people.
As part of the good endeavor, they added that the government has started launching the community clinics for ensuring the healthcare services to the village people.
Chaired by President of Health Rights Movement Mozammel Haque, Civil Surgeon Dr Jahurul Islam, Pabna Upazila Family Planning Officer Dr Toufiqul Islam and Additional Chief Medical Officer of Rajshahi University Dr FMA Zaheed spoke on the occasion as resource persons.
PSTC Regional Coordi-nator Shamsunnahar Mina presented a concept paper on the issue while Advocacy Coordinator Shashanka Boron Roy made the welcome address.
Taking part in the open discussion, most of the participants underscored the need for ensuring maternal and newborn healthcare through making the rural level hospitals effective properly.
In this context, they stated that around 1,500 women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth in the country every day.
Furthermore, they revealed that many other women, who survive childbirth, suffer from pregnancy-related injuries, infections, diseases and disabilities, often with lifelong consequences.