Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged specialized health facilities to offer free treatment to at least 10 poor but complicated patients a month as part of their corporate social responsibility. "I would like to urge the owners of private hospitals and clinics to come forward with the mentality of serving the distressed humanity with more dedication," she told the inaugural function of the 3rd International Conference on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in the city. The Prime Minister said, she believed such united endeavor "would not cost much for a hospital but help ease miseries of many people" while the cost of treatment should also be lowered as well "as it is too costly four our common people" while "it is an undeniable fact that the government is not in a position to provide cent percent healthcare facilities to the citizens". The Prime Minister's comments came as the world health statistics suggested that every year the number of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases was on the rise while such diseases were becoming a major health burden in developing countries. In 2008 alone, about 18.7 million people died from cardiovascular diseases, amounting to 35 percent of all deaths worldwide and more than half of these deaths occurred in developing countries. South Asia comprising of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka represents more than a quarter of the developing world, and is likely to be seriously affected by the increase in cardiovascular diseases.The Prime Minister has dealt with a serious problem and rightly urged the private hospitals and clinics to come forward with the mentality of serving the distressed humanity so that the poor patients with complicated cardiovascular diseases get free treatment. This will help them a lot as medical treatment in the country is very costly and most of the common people can hardly afford it. In fact, many serious patients in the poverty stricken rural areas die untreated and even undiagonised for want of money. If even a considerable number of them get free medical treatment from private hospitals and clinics a great achievement will be earned in the field of serving the suffering humanity.It goes without saying that there are many shortcomings in our healthcare system. Though it may sound harsh, the fact remains that the health sector of the country is in a mess and as a result public health is neglected alarmingly. The infrastructure of the health sector is not strong enough to face the challenge of time and meet the growing needs of the huge population. Widespread corruption and misuse of the limited funds made available for this sector aggravate the situation further. The country's health sector is in a disarray and so unable to deliver goods to the ailing people. The Prime Minister also admitted in her address on Friday, "it is an undeniable fact that the governments is not in a position to provide cent percent healthcare facilities to the citizens".It is against this backdrop that the Prime Minister has urged the private hospitals and clinics to come forward to serve the suffering humanity by offering free treatment to at least 10 poor but complicated patients a month as part of their corporate social responsibility. This will not cause serious financial loss to them but provide much benefit, even fresh lease of life for at least some ailing people. It is hoped that the private hospitals and clinics will respond positively to the Prime Minister's call.
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