Health card distribution for free treatment of movement’s victims inaugurated
News Desk || risingbd.com
The health card distribution programme of the Ministry of Health has been launched to ensure free health treatment to the victims of the July uprising in the country’s all public hospitals.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus inaugurated the programme at the State Guest House Jamuna on Wednesday.
Prof Yunus handed over health cards to two students, who were injured in the uprising at the function.
The injured who received the health cards are Ifat Hossain, a student of Narsingdi United College, and Israt Jahan Emu, a student of the Disaster Management Department at Dhaka University.
Ifat lost his eyesight in police firing in Narsingdi during the movement on July 19 last year. Israt, who was seriously injured in an attack of banned Chhatra League on female students at DU on July 15, is currently undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
The chief advisor spoke to both of them and inquired about their medical treatment and other issues.
According to the Ministry of Health, the health cards will be distributed every week at a specific district among those injured in the July uprising.
Speaking on the occasion, Director of the National Institute of Ophthalmology Professor Khair Ahmed Chowdhury informed the chief adviser of the treatment of the injured people.
“So far, 1,074 people have received treatment from the Institute of Ophthalmology. Of them, 39 people have lost their both eyes permanently and about 450 have lost the vision of their one eye,” he said.
He said about 650 operations have been conducted for eye injuries. “Of those, more than 300 retinal surgeries were conducted in the second phase,” he added.
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