Ensure specialised eye care for rural people
Says president
President Zillur Rahman yesterday emphasised on the need for measures to ensure specialised eye care for the rural people, easily and at a reasonable cost.
"Presently, specialised eye care system is urban based, from which we have to come out," he said.
He said this after inaugurating the 10th biennial conference of Saarc Academy of Ophthalmology and the 38th annual conference of Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB) at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city.
OSB President Prof Ava Hossain presided over the inaugural session while Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Huq, prime minister's Adviser Dr Syed Modasser Ali, the academy President Prof Daud Khan, its Secretary General Prof Rajbardhan Azad and OSB Secretary General Prof Sarfuddin Ahmed also spoke.
"Though OSB members have been significantly contributing in curing blindness, rural population and low income people are deprived of specialised eye care."
After the inaugural session, Ava was selected as president of the academy, making her the first Bangladeshi in the post.
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