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Care: First and always
"An enemy's visit to the sickbed is worse than the disease itself" — goes the Arabian proverb. A frustrating anarchy is prevailing in the health sector of Bangladesh at this moment. Neither side of the coin (doctor/patient) is happy and satisfied. Whereas job satisfaction of the medical professionals is considered as a prerequisite for quality health care system. At the same time they are too much in fear of the doctors and other facilities available in these hospitals which results in misconception in most cases. Only the very privileged persons/cases can be the exceptions. As well as they do not find any accountability of the medical and nursing staff when they leave these hospitals. We need to come up with some policy prescriptions and suggestions undertaking a practical data based study to overcome the described situation. But above everything, let's think about the following four points — * Communicating and explaining nicely as well as conveying a sense of order in the hospital atmosphere * Attitude patterns of all medical staff * Responsiveness to patients' needs * Emergency = Empathy
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