A tale of two kind of doctors
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I sincerely thank The DS for publishing the story of Daktar Bhai, Dr. Edric Baker, the New Zealand born doctor who dedicated his life serving the poorest of the poor in Bangladesh. His lone effort established the Kailakuri Health Care Centre through which he is providing healthcare to poor people of a remote area of Bangladesh. He travels to his own country once a year for visa extension and to collect donations from his friends and well-wishers in New Zealand, the US and the UK so that the poor of Bangladesh do not die without treatment. Daktar Bhai himself is now under treatment, who treated our people for 50 years. A New Zealand born doctor, sitting in a mud-built house in a remote village in Bangladesh waits for a competent person to carry his torch. He said, “Many students get the MBBS degree in the country every year. I'm waiting for one of them to come and take the responsibility to provide treatment to the poor in the area.” However, the news item titled “Khulna Medical college shut amid tension” depicts what the future doctors are doing with taxpayers' money. The factions of Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad, a pro-AL body reportedly clashed over the selection of chief guest at a function for installing an endoscopy machine at gastroenterology department of KMCH, which led to the closure of KMC sine die. I wonder if the wait of Daktar Bhai will ever end.
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