NHN to build world-class health city near Dhaka
Staff Reporter :
The 5th Scientific Meeting of the National Healthcare Network (NHN), an arm of the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, was held at the Bashundhara Convention Center in the capital on Friday. The day-long event began with a welcome address by Professor Dr. M. A. Samad, Chief Executive Officer of the National Healthcare Network (NHN).
NHN Board of Advisors Committee Chairman Syed Rezwanul Kabir said in his presidential address that work on a world-class health city is progressing at the initiative of NHN in Meghna, near Dhaka. In addition, a care giver training institute is being established in a joint venture with international organizations from which human resources will be exported to developed countries.
In his speech as the chief guest, National Professor AK Azad Khan called for taking steps to take NHN’s work to the doorsteps of the people on a wider scale. Speaking as a special guest, Secretary General of the Diabetic Association, Saif Uddin, said that last year alone, 114 crore taka was spent on the welfare of poor patients through this institution.
Its scope will be further expanded in the coming days. At the event, the former chairman of the NHN board, late Syed Manjur Elahi, was given a posthumous gold medal as a special honor. Which was accepted by his son, prominent industrialist Nasim Manjur.
Professor Emirates Dr. Hazera Mahtab delivered the special commendation speech.
The event was attended by directors, doctors and staff of NHN hospitals and centers across the country, diabetes experts, and other participants, including Vice President of Diabetic Association Abdul Muyid Chowdhury, Joint Secretary General Professor Dr. Rashid E. Mahbub, NHN Board Members Shahidul Hasan and Hanif Mahtab.
In his closing remarks, Chairman of the Executive Committee Professor Dr. Kaiser Alam Chowdhury said that most of the people in the country still do not know that they are diabetic. Therefore, these people should be brought under treatment through NHN.
