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Women in the capital Dhaka’s biggest slum, Korail, suffer from their reproductive health complications, living in a crammed and filthy environment, but do not have access to healthcare.

Doctors at a special medical camp on Sunday said, of the 30 patients they treated in the first such camp, most of them were women.

“They suffer from menstrual complications to botched abortion,” said Dr Apurbo Kumar Saha who attended to those patients in the camp organised by a private body, Good HEAL Trust.

“But most of them (women) took advice from the drug sellers,” he said.

The Trust that joined forces with the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh launched a clinic in April in the most crowded slums to help its dwellers get aware of health and diseases.

Conducting special camps is also the part of their activities.

A patient enrolled in the camp with Tk 30 received a ‘card’ that would ensure their all diagnostic tests and doctor’s consultancy at a discount, an effort that the Trust’s Executive Director Tanvir Raquib said was part of their initiative to launch health insurance.

The Korail clinic provides low-cost healthcare services regularly to the slum dwellers using telemedicine technology.

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Non Communicable Disease Diabetes Mellitus, Health Screening and Home Healthcare Service
As a result of advances in medical sciences and increased access to health care services, people are living much longer, and consequently the demography of Bangladesh is shifting towards an aging population. The population above the age of 60, presently constituting 7% of the total population of Bangladesh, is projected to be 10% by 2025 and 15% by 2050. Along with an aging population, Non-communicable diseases have emerged as the biggest burden of disease for this century. Therefore, it is imperative to create policies and domiciliary services that ensure proper management of NCD’s for the elderly in order to maintain equitable and just society.
Delivering care to the sick and the elderly in the comfort of home is a necessary aspect of healthcare service delivery. Since the turn of the century, the concept and practice of family doctors making house calls has declined. In addition, the acute shortage of both Nurses and Nurses Aid has made it difficult to deliver geriatric care to the elderly at home.  Since the elderly urban population prefers to reside at home with their families, changes in the urban family lifestyle have made caring for the elderly or disabled a challenge with regard to time, safety, privacy, dignity, comfort, and cost.
Good HEAL Trust aims to implement Home Healthcare Service (HHS), an urban home-based, non-medical assistance to the elderly, in order to enhance employment opportunities of the underprivileged  women and girls by enabling them to contribute as an integral part of society.  To become home healthcare service providers, there are no formal education requirements.  Interested individuals (moderately educated) are only expected to complete formal training under the supervision of licensed healthcare professionals for a few months.  At the end of the training program the trainees have to pass a standardized test.  By providing employment generating skills and creating employment opportunity for women, the Millennium Development Goal for women empowerment in Bangladesh can also be achieved.

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If you need help at home to attend to your ailing or elderly family members, just dial 01755660025.

A private body, Good Heal Trust, in partnership with the country’s largest healthcare network, the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB), is now offering care service for Dhaka residents for a nominal charge.

A group of young women have been trained to look after the elderly at home, in hospitals, or clinics.

They will ensure the prevention of bedsores, monitor blood pressure and blood glucose.

They will also carry physical samples for diagnostic tests, making life easy for many families that find it difficult to move their elderly members through a crowded, often gridlocked, city.

These trained women will make arrangements for home visits by doctors and physiotherapists.

Services like feeding, toileting, bathing, and dressing are also being offered.

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