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1st Int'l Confce on Congenital Heart Disease Kicks off

Open branch of Shishu Hospital at each divisional HQ: PM

UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh I lasina yesterday asked the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to open (wo more branches of Dhaka Shishu 1 lospitol in the capital and one in each divisional headquarters.
She gave the directive while addressing the inaugural function of the 1st International Conference on Congenital Heart Disease at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city.
Cardiologists and paediatric surgeons from India, Pakistan, China. Singapore and Thailand are attending the three-day meet organised by the l’aediatric Cardiac Society of Bangladesh (PCSB) and co-
sponsored by 1SCU, Bangladesh chapter.
Hasina observed that children are affected by many complex diseases like congenital heart diseases, but full-fledged institutions have not yet been established in Bangladesh for treatment of such diseases.
She also said the government will introduce paediatric cardiology and paediatric cardiac surgery departments in the government medical college hospitals very soon and, on priority basis, expand both the departments in Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.
The prime minister also disclosed govenunent plans to introduce primary healthcare
service for cardiac patients in the upazila health complexes, emergency cardiac medical facilities in district hospitals and specialized cardiac departments in all government medical college hospitals by 2013.
At govenunent level, some services on cardiac complications ere available al the National Institute of C-ardiovascular Diseases and at CMH, but they are too few to cope with the requirements, she said
Hasina also requested senior physicians to think whether measles, mumps, rubella vaccines can be included in the National Vaccination Programme.
"If these vaccines can be included in the national
programme, the rate of congcn ital heart diseases can be reduced significantly," she added.
Hasina said the previous Awami League government (1906-2001) took comprehensive programmes to expand quality health services to remote areas by setting up 18,000 community clinics.
But the last BNP-Jamaat government had stopped the project, she said, adding that the present government has decided to revive it.
The prime minister said her government will set up one community clinic for every6000 people of the country, as it wants to deliver quality medicare service to the doorsteps of rural poor.
Ministers, advisers to the prime minister, state ministers, renowned national and international physicians and paediatricians and health specialists were present on the occasion.
The organisers gave away an honorary crest to Hasina at the function.
Health Minister AI-IM Bubal Haque, Health Adviser to the Prime Minister Prof Syed Modasser AH, National Professor MR Khan, PCSB Secretary General ProfManzoor Hussain, PCSB Treasurer Prof Dr Zahid I lussain and Lt Col Dr Nurun Nahar Fatema also spoke at the function presided over by PCSB Vice President Prof Dr Asit Baran Adhikary.