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Foreign experts to treat people getting eye injury in July upsurge

Published : Friday, 4 October, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 76
Business Correspondent
Several foreign expert teams are coming to Bangladesh to treat those who have sustained eye injuries during the July movement that culminated in the fall of the previous government.

Prof Nazmul Hossain, Director General of DGHS, disclosed the information at a national-level roundtable discussion titled "A Call to Action: Addressing the Crisis of Injuries During the July Movement" held in the capital on Wednesday (October 2) afternoon. 

Speaking as the chief guest at the event organised by by SAJIDA Foundation and ORBIS International, he said the Ministry of Health of Family Welfare directed the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to ensure all medical services for the injured through national institutes, medical college hospitals, and district hospitals. 

Announcing that the DGHS would work with the relevant ministries to promptly import corneas for those requiring corneal replacement and that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare would take care of the medical rehabilitation of the injured, Prof Nazmul said help from organisations like SAJIDA Foundation and Orbis is much needed for their social rehabilitation.

Representatives from DGHS, National Institute of Ophthalmology & Hospital (NIOH), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Combined Military Hospital (CMH)-Dhaka, Ispahani Islamia Eye Hospital, Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh, different international NGOs working in the eye sector, July Shaheed Smrity Foundation (JSSFBD) and Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) and student coordinators, were present at the programme.

The discussion started with the opening remarks from Zahida Fizza Kabir, CEO of SAJIDA Foundation. She emphasised prioritising a collaborative approach between public and private organisations along with student coordinators, to ensure effective medical management and successful implementation of proper rehabilitation planning. 

Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdho, General Secretary of July Shahid Smrity Foundation, said all treatment costs of the injured at government hospitals would be borne through the MoHFW. 

Dr Munir Ahmed, Country Director of Orbis International and Chair of the INGO Forum working for Eye, Prof Abdul Qader of NIOH, Brig Gen Prof Dr Zulfikar Hasan, Head of Eye Department of CMH- Dhaka, Dr Niaz Abdur Rahman and Prof Shafi Khan of Bangladesh Eye Hospital, Musabbir Alam, Country Manager of Fred Hollows Foundation Bangladesh, Tariq Bin Reza, Member Secretary of Health Sub-Committee, Student Coordinators, Maj Gen (Rtd) Mustafizur Rahman, CEO of BAPI, said the association has been with the injured since the beginning, and will be there as patrons.



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