Improving eye care service

According to a recent study, around 10 million people in Bangladesh are suffering from blindness and vision impairment. Most of them, however, can regain clear vision by undergoing treatment. If treated properly, many of them can even lead a normal life. One of the main reasons behind this is that we have a lack of eye specialists and eye care centres. As the number of ophthalmologists, also known as eye specialists, is insufficient in comparison to the number of patients throughout the country, most of the patients do not get proper treatment and suffer from many eye related diseases.
There is a government-run institute in Dhaka city from where a handful of eye specialists are coming out every year. But their number must be increased. And for this, we need to set up more institutes across the country so that there are more eye specialists. The government has to take effective steps in this regard. The ministry of health can attract more students to study ophthalmology by introducing scholarships in this sector. To arrange treatment facilities for visually impaired patients, the authorities concerned should establish at least one eye care centre in every district. And these centres should be equipped with all modern amenities for eye care treatment.

Md Ashraf Hossain,
120 Central Bashabo, Dhaka-1214
tahrimanithi@gmail.com