Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) provided free medicare services to the
backward people of Najirdigar Community-1 under its community development
initiatives (CDI) programme here yesterday.
Specialist physicians provided the health services at a mobile health amp organised by
Rangpur unit of BDRCS at Najirdigar village with life term BDRCS Member Sadek Ali
in the chair.
The mobile health camp was arranged as a part of the ongoing comprehensive CDI
programme being implemented with assistances of International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent (IFRC) to improve overall life standard of the community people.
Rangpur unit Secretary of BDRCS Shah Md Nabiullah Panna addressed inaugural
ceremony of the daylong camp as the chief guest and also distributed first aid boxes
among four trained volunteers of the community.
Executive Members of Rangpur unit of BDRCS ATM Shah Newaz Bablu, Rowshanul
Kaiser Sangram and child specialist of Rangpur Medical College and Hospital (RMCH)
Dr Tapan Kumar Roy, addressed as the special guests.
Rangpur unit level officer of BDRCS Saiful Islam, Programme Officer of the CDI
programme Mostafa Kamal and its Accounts Officer Tanvir Anjum Rahman and local
community volunteers Sabbir Hossain Porag, Reshma Akhter and Youth Unit Chief of
Rangpur BDRCS Hasnayen Ahmed Nayan assisted in organising the health camp.
Members of the Community Programme Committee (CPC), Disaster Preparedness
Committee (DPC), Community Disaster Response Team (CDRT) and Urban Disaster
Response Team (UDRT) of Najirdigar Community-1 were present.
Specialist physician of the Gastroenterology Department of RMCH Dr Mohammad
Alfanuzzaman, Medicine Specialist Dr Ruhul Amin and Gynecologist Dr Zinia Afrin,
provided treatments to 135 patients of all ages in the mobile health camp.
The speakers said the socio-economic condition of all 402 backward families in
the community are changing fast to lead improved life after implementation of the
comprehensive CDI programme by December this year.
Under the comprehensive CDI programme, the community people are becoming
illiteracy-free, getting full sanitation and pure drinking water facilities, houses are being
built for the homeless and health camps set up to ensure primary healthcare services.
Life standard of the local community people has already been changed and their
livelihood improved following successful implementation of the comprehensive CDI
programme, they said. –BSS, Rangpur
