40% of patients seeking treatment at Vellore CMC are Bangladeshis

[Bilal9]

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Bogra
Published: 06 June 2022, 09:13

Deepak Thomas Abraham, Professor, Department of Endocrine Surgery, CMC Hospital addressed the workshop. Wednesday at the Mom Inn Hotel in Bogra
Photo: Prothom Alo

About 40 per cent of the outpatients at the Christian Medical College (CMC) Hospital in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, are Bangladeshi. But if the skills of specialist doctors can be increased in the country, then it is possible to provide quality services of CMC.

This was stated by Professor Deepak Thomas Abraham, Department of Endocrine Surgery, CMC Hospital, at a workshop in Bogra on Wednesday. The workshop was organized with the doctors of government and private medical colleges in North Bengal. Deepak Thomas was the special guest at the event.

The workshop was organized by the private TMSS Medical College at the five star hotel Mom Inn in Bogra. The workshop was attended by several principals and senior doctors of government and private medical colleges in 18 districts of North Bengal.

Deepak Thomas said that besides enhancing the skills of the doctors, modern facilities should also be ensured in the hospital. If this is possible, India-dependence among Bangladeshis for better treatment will be greatly reduced. The cost of treatment of patients will also be saved.

Moudud Hossain Alamgir, executive consultant of TMSS health department and former principal of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, presided over the workshop. MC Mishra, former director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, spoke via video conference.

Professor Mishra said the next hour is the most important for an injured patient in any accident. The patient's life and death depend to a large extent on the inability to take appropriate action and ensure proper treatment at this time. For this reason, doctors should give utmost importance to the one hour after the accident.

Vice Chancellor of Rajshahi Medical University AZM Mostaq Hossain addressed the workshop as the chief guest. Former Head of Surgery Department of AIIMS Anurag Srivastava, President of BMA Bogra District Branch Professor Mostafa Alam and Executive Director of TMSS Hosne Ara Begum spoke as special guests.
Khadija Nazneen, a gynecologist and obstetrician at Rexham Mailer Hospital in Wales, UK, spoke about her work experience in medical care in Bangladesh and the UK.

Speaking on the occasion, Moudud Hossain Alamgir, Executive Consultant, TMSS Health Department, said that sustainable management needs to be developed through exchange of technology, experience, services, training and research activities of Bangladeshi doctors with world renowned hospitals like CMC, EEMS, India. If this is possible, the ability to meet the challenges of medical services in the coming days will be greatly increased.

Rezaul Alam, Principal of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, Bogra, Afzal Hossain, former Vice Chancellor of Haji Danesh University of Science and Technology, Matiur Rahman, Deputy Executive Director of TMSS and others also spoke at the workshop.

 

[AmiEktaKharapChele]

Bangladeshis..


Putting food in Indian bowls since time immemorial..



The relationship could be one of mutual benefit but the hindutvadis would much rather ruin a good thing with their senseless and unsubstantiated ramblings about illegal Bangladeshis...

 

[Bilal9]

Bangladeshis..


Putting food in Indian bowls since time immemorial..



The relationship could be one of mutual benefit but the hindutvadis would much rather ruin a good thing with their senseless and unsubstantiated ramblings about illegal Bangladeshis...

Shalara jei patey khai - oi patei.....

 

[HydraChess]

Bangladeshis..


Putting food in Indian bowls since time immemorial..

You read it wrong.

Its more like Indians keeping Bangladeshis alive, since 1971.

@Joe Shearer Babu Moshai, tumi ki bol?

 

[AmiEktaKharapChele]

You read it wrong.

Its more like Indians keeping Bangladeshis alive, since 1971.

@Joe Shearer Babu Moshai, tumi ki bol?

No, Indians have a done alot of good for Bangladesh no doubt about that but to say we haven't repaid those favours a dozen folds over is ridiculous.


Simply getting rid of a hostile nation in East Pakistan was worth the whole '71 hassle.




And believe me, The RSS-BJP axis and their anti-muslim/anti-BD rhetoric is the only reason we despise the India of today, heck, even level headed Indians despise the India of today..



Otherwise, the Bangladeshi people have literally zero, I repeat zero, issues with India or Indians.




You are yourselves the reason for us not getting along..



No point tagging Joe Dada, being the true Indian he is, who isn't blinded by saffron tinted glasses, he too can see how this Indian government has lost the plot and ruined their relationship with Bangladesh.

 

[bluesky]

Speaking on the occasion, Moudud Hossain Alamgir, Executive Consultant, TMSS Health Department, said that sustainable management needs to be developed through exchange of technology, experience, services, training and research activities of Bangladeshi doctors with world renowned hospitals like CMC, EEMS, India. If this is possible, the ability to meet the challenges of medical services in the coming days will be greatly increased.

It is not the CMC or EEMS that is taking patients away from BD by force. Hospitals are service providers. Our patients do not get good treatments in the local BD hospitals. So, many of them sell properties and go to India to see doctors.

There are no good hospitals and good doctors/ surgeons even in Dhaka, let alone the local towns. I see tens of electronic medical devices here in the hospitals in Japan. India must have also them, but BD may produce only syringes and stethoscopes. I am not sure, though. Go to a dentist. You will see all the devices including the inclined chairs are second-hand Japanese products.

So, why should we criticize India for our own faults? BD claims to have a high GDP, but on what basis I just do not know.

 

[Wood]

Long live India-Bangladesh friendship!

 

[Joe Shearer]

You read it wrong.

Its more like Indians keeping Bangladeshis alive, since 1971.

@Joe Shearer Babu Moshai, tumi ki bol?

আমি তো বাঙাল, মহাশয়, আমি কি বাংলাদেশকে নিন্দা করে লিখবো?
I am of Bangladeshi descent, Sir, do you expect me to diss Bangladesh?

What have we done for Bangladesh? Helped her to achieve independence? That paid for itself then itself; any benefits over and above that amount to bonus.

 

[HydraChess]

I am of Bangladeshi descent, Sir, do you expect me to diss Bangladesh?

I do not expect anyone to diss anyone else. But when a guy says "feeding Indians" with medical fee, I cann't help but chuckle.

 

[Bilal9]

আমি তো বাঙাল, মহাশয়, আমি কি বাংলাদেশকে নিন্দা করে লিখবো?
I am of Bangladeshi descent, Sir, do you expect me to diss Bangladesh?

What have we done for Bangladesh? Helped her to achieve independence? That paid for itself then itself; any benefits over and above that amount to bonus.

Dada you are welcome to my Gareebkhana in Dhaka at any time, and can stay as long as you like.

 

[Joe Shearer]

I do not expect anyone to diss anyone else. But when a guy says "feeding Indians" with medical fee, I cann't help but chuckle.

Oh, that.

I ignore those and read on.

To be honest, I would say to my Bangladeshi brothers that we are actually offering a major public service to south Asia, and to Bangladeshis as much as to India. Although this happened due to the private sector rushing in to fill a major gap in public health services, at the end of the day, it turned out to be an expensive but effective provider of health care at least to India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Good business opportunity for the likes of Apollo and other private medical groups to set up medical facilities in Bangladesh.

 

[Bilal9]

I do not expect anyone to diss anyone else. But when a guy says "feeding Indians" with medical fee, I cann't help but chuckle.

Well the article is wrong, Bangladeshi contribute way more to Indian economy.

I believe 54% of the medical tourists in India are Bangladeshis but could be even more by now. CMC Vellore (TN) is a choice destination for hospital treatments and so is Kolkata, which is a bit more expensive (both are still well below Dhaka treatment costs). There has been a surge in Bangladeshi airlines opening routes to Chennai - this was followed by SpiceJet and Indigo as well.

Before COVID, Bangladeshi tourists (including medical tourists) going to India was growing at 40% rate and it is now bouncing back to that same rate.

Bangladesh is India's third or fourth largest remittance source.

Indian trade with Bangladesh is heavily in India's favor, to the tune of 40-50 Billion yearly (including trade in services but not counting infra projects and electricity supply, which will add significantly to that figure).

So yes - India is dependent in large part to Bangladesh for its "feeding".

 

[Bilal9]

Good business opportunity for the likes of Apollo and other private medical groups to set up medical facilities in Bangladesh.

Apollo (Evercare) Hospital has facilities in Dhaka and Chittagong, and is a significant revenue earner for that Indian group outside of India. They cater mainly to top-level well-heeled clientele.

The building properties are owned by Bangladeshi business partners, Indian Evercare just provides doctors and operation expertise.

Dhaka

Chittagong

 

[AmiEktaKharapChele]

Oh, that.

I ignore those and read on.

To be honest, I would say to my Bangladeshi brothers that we are actually offering a major public service to south Asia, and to Bangladeshis as much as to India. Although this happened due to the private sector rushing in to fill a major gap in public health services, at the end of the day, it turned out to be an expensive but effective provider of health care at least to India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

lol, he is butthurt at my comment but Indian government officials can call our people termites all day and it's fine.. wah the double standards are amazing.




The only reason I said that is because Indians (most) behave in a way as If Bangladesh is some sort of leech and India is some gift that keeps on giving, when in truth it is India who has gained so much, even monetarily from the existence of Bangladesh.




Heck, If termites have enough money to come to India on legal visas, fly in, get treatment paid with real money and fly out, then why would they then jump the border into India ???



Doesn't the whole act of medical tourism prove they're well off ? Not every Tom, dick and Harry can afford to travel to another country for healthcare, Now can they ?


The only reason they can afford said treatment and increasing numbers of such individuals is because Bangladesh is growing as a country and the people are slowly gaining spending power.


Bangladeshis used to like India, I myself have had great friendships with Indians and great overall experiences with most Indians I know, good hard working people who keep their head down and mouth shut mostly even when faced with racist abuse abroad (commendable).

But how can I ignore the fact that a large majority of those people have been secretly harbouring hate for me, my people and the people of my faith this whole time ? Hate on a level where they're okay with killing us and raping our women ? Hell, how can I overlook that they've elected an extremist government that believes in violence and cheap goondaism ??


Kinda of hard to speak good of India atleast this "new" India once you take all this and all the other factors I needn't list (because we all know what those are) into consideration.



Honestly the lack of a functioning thought process in some of these "new" Indians is beyond my comprehension..



We are not the problem, amra to shob shomoy emnei chilam, we have not changed.. you have, your country and leadership has, your mindset has, in short Indians are the problem, Indians are the reason, India doesn't get along with its neighbours.



I will simply choose not to respect Indians (majority of them who support BJP or do not expressly oppose it) because I cannot bring myself to respect a people who cheer when planes belonging to their neighbours crash, people who say the genocide of rohingyas is okay (kyu ki wo mulle he) or people who plan out atrocities on WhatsApp like people's lives are some sort of game.