'Create special facilities for breast cancer treatment'

Dhaka Ahsania Mission President Kazi Rafiqul Alam hands over a representation to Health Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in the city yesterday

The call was made by Dam President Kazi Rafiqul Alam during a meeting with Health Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in the city yesterday.

Rafiqul Alam, who was leading a delegation of Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH), also called for specific actions in creating breast cancer awareness.

In a representation to Mosharraf Hossain, he also stressed the need for intervention at upazila and district levels for prevention and control of breast cancer.

The minister and members of the delegation reached a consensus on the formulation of a national cancer policy and cancer treatment protocol.

They also underlined the role of Health Education Bureau in the dissemination of information and raising awareness among the people about breast cancer.

The minister urged the non-governmental entrepreneurs to come forward to develop the treatment sector.

He also assured the delegation of taking necessary initiatives in this regard by calling a meeting of the National Council for Cancer Control at an early date, says a Dam press release.

The delegation included former health secretary Mohammad Fazlur Rahman and Managing Director of AMCH Prof M A Hai.