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Health experts from home and abroad at a roundtable yesterday recommended that the government improve emergency health services to save lives and reduce the pressure of inpatients at hospitals.

They said infrastructure for emergency services is already in place, and only skilled manpower, clinical systems and protocols, prehospital ambulance services, and training are required to improve the services.

The roundtable titled “Emergency Healthcare and Management System in Bangladesh: In Light of the Australian Experience” was held at Prothom Alo office, jointly organised by Prothom Alo and the Bangladesh Medical Society of New South Wales.

A number of Australian doctors of Bangladeshi origin took part in the programme.

Reza Ali, associate professor at the University of Western Sydney, said the emergency department is the front door of the health system, as every serious illness enters through it, and strong emergency services will reduce overload of inpatients at hospitals and lower healthcare costs.

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