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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