DHAKA: Speakers at a discussion said about 63 percent of people die due to non-communicable diseases across the country every year and this rate will reach upto 70 percent by the next 10 years.
Kidney Awareness Monitoring and Prevention Society (KAMPS), a voluntary healthcare organization arranged the Free Medical Camp on Sunday (February 21) in honor of the language martyrs, as part of its regular annual event for the 12th consecutive years.
They said these killing diseases include heart disease, lung disease, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes and kidney disease.
Whereas more than 50 percent of this diseases can be prevented if people be aware and change their lifestyle from early of their life, the speakers added.
More than 4000 poor have received treatment and required medicine completely free of cost at a Free Medical and Eye Camp, held at Hatibandha, Shakhipur in Tangail.
A well-organised team of nearly 40 expert Physicians and Technologists, led by the renowned Kidney specialists, Chairman of KAMPS and Chief Consultant, Kidney Department, Lab Aid Specialised Hospital, Dhaka, Prof. Dr. MA Samad, treated the helpless of Tangail area on the day.
Patients received treatment in various diseases including Kidney, Heart, Liver, Guyeney, Gastro, Diabetes, ENT, medicine, Dental, mental health, paralysis, skin etc.
On the other hand, more than 100 aged and poor Eye patients underwent cataract surgery in the camp.
Alongside the treatment, the necessary lab tests of the patients like Blood Test, Urine, Crete nine, Blood Sugar, USG, ECG were done and also necessary medicines were distributed among them free of costs.
As part of the day long camp, a discussion meeting titling ‘Change lifestyle for getting sound health and longevity” was held.
Besides, the cover of the regular annual publication of KAMPS on the occasion of Free Medical Camp and Health Education Fair named “Prayash-12” was formally unveiled.
Civil Surgeon of Tangail Dr. Syed Ibne Sayed, Executive Director of the ‘Bureau Bangladesh’, Md. Jakir Hossain, Upazila Chairman of Shakhipur Upazila, Shawkat Sikder and Mayor of Shakhipur, Abu Hanif graced the program as special guests.
Adviser of the free medical camp and former General Manager of Bangladesh Bank, Abdul Malek Mian presided over the meeting.
Chairman of KAMPS also Chief Consultant Kidney Department of Lab Aid Specialised Hospital, Prof. Dr MA Samad presented key note paper in the discussion meeting.
Speakers said that the treatment facility in our country is insufficient comparing to the demand and particularly the poor and general people in the remote parts of the country suffer tremendously in want of treatment, so arranging such a daylong free medical camp in a village is surely a needful and praiseworthy initiative.
In the keynote presentation, Professor MA Samad said that about 20 million of people are suffering from some form of kidney disease. Of them 14 – 18 percent suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD) in rural & urban area.
35 - 40 thousand people die of ESRD (End Stage of Rural Disease) every year and 20 - 25 thousand people suffer from acute kidney failure every year, he added.
He said that KAMPS has taken out a very innovative way in honoring the language martyrs that is holding free medical camp and health education fair to treat and aware general poor patients in the village who are really deserve.
Prof. Samad further said KAMPS has been formed with the objective to serve the poor patients specially raising awareness among people in preventing Kidney disease and the organisation has so far treated more than 50,000 of patients and completed more that 1000 cataract surgeries totally free of cost.
Prof. Dr Faruk Ahmed, Chairman, department of gastroenterology, Dhaka Medical, Prof. Dr M Amjad Hossain, former Chairman, Arthopaedic Department, Dhaka Medical, Prof. Dr Afjalunnessa Chowdhury, Prof. Dr Qazi Qamrul Hasan, Dr Qazi Shahnoor Alam, Prof. Dr Jakir Hossain Sarker, Dr Md. Ashraful Alam, Dr Noor Mohammad, Dr Atahar Hossain, Dr Hafizur Rahman, Dr. mamunur Rashid, Dr Sharif Md Ahsanullah and Dr ASM Nazmul Islam also took part in the free medical camp.
BDST: 2208 HRS, FEB 21, 2016
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