Perhaps this would have still remained out of focus for quite some time more. The premature and unfortunate death of Raman Lamba has suddenly brought the whole thing under a flood of light: as a vital branch of medicare neurosurgery is badly neglected in Bangladesh. A leading Bangla daily which interviewed the topmost neurosurgeon of the country revealed the other day that old instruments are being used for complicated coronal surgery.

This is shocking. We do not know how at an age when neurological disorder or ailment is on the rise and exposing medical science to newer challenges every day, we can languish in such dangerous primitivism. This again highlights the insensitivity and inefficiency of government’s healthcare department. It is not merely a matter of money but also one of attitude. The bottomline is the people who formulate policy and are in charge of maintenance in this sector do not give a damn about tax payers’ money

It also does not do any good to the image of Hippocrates community in this country. Could not they be more forthright and committed from their respective positions? If they felt neurology was a neglected department and they were working with outdated old technology they should have come out in public loudly.

There Is a lesson in every disaster. We ask government's health department to sensitise itself to the problems that are plaguing neurology as a healing science and start working along the lines of complaints lodged by the experts in this field.