Killing in the name of medical services
Friday, 22 June 2007
There are services which are extremely important for the simple reason that these involve human life. The same are the medical services and for the obvious reasons no compromise can be allowed in running them properly or in their standards. Therefore, it is shocking to learn that there are medical centres in this country which are functioning without any authorisation from the official health authorities though such approval is a basic legal requirement for their treating patients.
The authorisation is supposed to ensure that these privately run clinics, diagnostic centres and hospitals are properly equipped with the necessary instruments and trained and qualified people to treat patients safely. It is not that authorisation cannot be bought and sold for money in this country. Even then, it provides the assurance of a minimum of standard whereas the unauthorised ones not binded by any regulation or supervision may prove to be death houses than curing places.
Government must do immediately what it should have done long ago to stop such killings in the name of providing medical services. A crackdown against the unauthorised medical business is also very necessary as innocent patients are squandering their precious resources at such places often risking their lives in the process.
Asheque Ali
Iqbal Road
Mohammadpur, Dhaka
The authorisation is supposed to ensure that these privately run clinics, diagnostic centres and hospitals are properly equipped with the necessary instruments and trained and qualified people to treat patients safely. It is not that authorisation cannot be bought and sold for money in this country. Even then, it provides the assurance of a minimum of standard whereas the unauthorised ones not binded by any regulation or supervision may prove to be death houses than curing places.
Government must do immediately what it should have done long ago to stop such killings in the name of providing medical services. A crackdown against the unauthorised medical business is also very necessary as innocent patients are squandering their precious resources at such places often risking their lives in the process.
Asheque Ali
Iqbal Road
Mohammadpur, Dhaka