Call to evaluate role of Unani, Ayurvedi diploma practitioners in PHC

A discussion meeting on “Evaluation of the Unani-Ayurved diploma medical practitioners in primary health care” was held on Tuesday at the Tibbia Habibia College and Hospital with its Principal Hakim Md Ferdous Wahid in the chair.
Hakim Md. Yusuf Harun Bhuiyan, chairman, Bangladesh Unani Medical Association, the Chief Motawalli and Managing Director of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh graced the function as the chief guest.Hakim Sayeed Ahmed Siddiqui, President, Unani Oushadh Shilpa Samity and mamaging director of Neptune Laboratories was the special guest at the discussion meeting which was also addressed by Hakim Khodadad Ahmed, Hakim M.A. Karim Siddiqui, Hakim Md. Quamruzzaman, Hakim Md. Muslim, Hakim Md.  Khorshed Alam, Hakim Md. Monir Hossain, Hakim Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Hakim Kabiraj Saleh Md. Abdur Rahman and Hakim Rezaul Karim among others as discussants.
The speakers discussed the important role the Unani and Ayurvedi diplomary practitioners are playing in primary health care and called for evaluation and recognition of their services. Practitioners of these traditional systems of medicine make people aware of the ways of prevention of many ailments that are covered under primary health care, they said, Press release.