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PM stresses cardiology units .at govt hospitals

Cctrdiologists say 73 percent of population Hues with risk of cardiac diseases

UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said every medical college hospital and public hospital of the country should have a cardiology unit with surgical facilities, as cardiologists said 73 percent of the population lives with the risk of cardiac diseases.
She made the remark when a delegation of Bangladesh Cardiac Society called on her at her office in the city, when overall situation of the country’s healthcare sector came up for discussion.
She also underscored the need for introducing cardiology department at the National Children's Hospital (Shishu Haspatal).
She asked the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and the authorities of medical colleges to formulate specific project papers for setting up cardiology units and send those to the authorities concerned.
“Send us the project papers and the government will take every necessary step to set up cardiology units up to the
periphery levels," she said.
Hasina said the government will take measure to set up cardiology units outside the capital city, but, at the same time, the doctors will have to be sincere about the imperatives for working in the rural areas.
Taking into account a huge pressure on the few hospitals equipped with cardiac surgery facilities in the capital and the traffic congestion in the city, the prime minister said extended units of NICVD could be set up at the entry points of Dhaka.
She said the previous Awami League government had withdrawn taxes on many items of medical equipment which had helped enormously in modernising the country's medical sector.
“But." she deplored, "after that no mentionable development took place as the subsequent government showed indifference to health sector."
The Cardiac Society placed 10-point suggestions before the prime minister to ensure proper cardiac treatment for the people as the physicians said some 73 percent of total population lives with the risk of cardiac diseases.
The suggestions include setting up full-fledged cardiology and cardiac surgery department in every medical college, creation of posts of senior and junior consultant to set up cardiology units in all district hospitals, setting up separate cardiology hospitals in the divisional headquarters.
The Cardiac Society also requested the PM to allocate land for setting up its office and academic building to make the BCS a centre of excellence.
One-minute silence was observed in memory of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other victims of the August 15 tragedy.
Cardiac Society President Prof M Amanullah in his introductory speech paid homage to the memory of the martyrs and to the late Dr MA Wazed Miah, a noted nuclear scientist and the Prime Minister’s husband.
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister MA Karim, PMO Secretary Mollah
Waheeduzzaman, Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad, society Secretary General Prof Khawaja Nasiruddin Mahmood, Treasurer Dr Kaisar Nasrullah Khan, chair -man of Cardiology Department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Prof KMHS Sirajul Haque were present.