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Int'l Conference on Cancer

Provide healthcare service at affordable cost: Dr Yunus

BSS, Dhaka
Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has called on physicians to inform the common people of affordable and cost -effective cancer treatment.
'Our focus should be on how to provide healthcare services at an affordable cost so that poor people can have better oncology treatment in the country, instead of going abroad." he said at the opening session of an International Socio-scientific Conference on 'Cancer (clinical oncology) for Saarc Region' in the city on Friday.
"Cancer can now be treated as people have been introduced to information and biotechnologies. The country requires a lot of money
to haw modern equipment and trained physicians to combat the disease," said Dr Yunus.
The health sector should be considered as a social sector, instead of personal business, so that the large section of poor people can get medicine at a cheaper price for cancer treatment, he added.
Health and Family Welfare Adviser Dr AMM Shawkat Alt attended the conference as the chief guest while Health Secretary AKM Zafarullah Khan was the guest of honour. Prof ABMF Karim of Vrije University in Amsterdam. who is also die chairman of Oncology Club, gave a speech on the theme of the conference.
The Oncology Club and the Federation of Anti-Cancer Activists of
Bangladesh (FACAB) organised the four-day conference I’m! AK Azad Khan, president of the Bangladesh Diabetic Association, presided over the opening session while Prof Dr MA Hai. director of Bangladesh Cancer Hospital and Welfare Home, gave a welcon le speech
Dr MS Chowdhury, Dr BR Dey, Dr R Love and Dr H Arastu of the USA, Dr D Brandjis. Dr A Matolcsy and Dr GA Zakaria of Europe, Dr P Dev of Australia, Dr TH Chong of Singapore and Dr S Issarachai ot Bangkok spoke as designated discussants.
He also underscored the need to carry out more researches and organise skill-development trainings for physicians.
Zafarullah Khan said about six
million US dollars are spent every year on the treatment of cancer patients in the country.
Hie government has given special emphasis on milking the oncology treatment affordable, he said, adding that a modern cancer hospital and a nursing institute are being set up to provide better health services for all.
Prof ABMF Karim said modem medical radiation machines are being purchased, which will help minimise the oncology treatment cost.
He suggested setting up a comprehensive cancer centre of excellence at all medical universities to provide multidimensional cancer treatment. Various types of cancer could be prevented if they are detected at the early stage, he added.