Chattogram: Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum here today emphasized the need for prioritizing prevention over cure to enhance the national health system’s effectiveness. ‘Without adopting preventive measures, we cannot contain the current flow of patients and deliver them proper healthcare services in public hospitals,’ she stated.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the adviser shared these insights while serving as the chief guest at a function marking the groundbreaking of the Chattogram Heart Foundation Hospital and Nursing Institute at Kattali in the city this afternoon. Nurjahan Begum highlighted the efforts of the Interim Government, which has been diligently addressing significant national issues across various sectors, including healthcare.
She called for a collective effort to raise awareness among the general population about disease prevention. ‘We’re still lagging behind in many areas including SDG’s though we are supposed to go far in the meantime based on the national potentials,’ she noted, stressing the importance of meeting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The event also featured speeches from M Abu Tayeb and Dr. Probir Kumer Das of CMCH, with Chattogram Heart Foundation President M A Salam presiding. Following the event, Nurjahan Begum visited the Lions Charitable Eye Hospital and Chattogram Kidney Foundation Hospital in the city. During her visit, she engaged with patients and reviewed the current operations and future plans of these hospitals.