Indian doctors in Bangladesh

By M Amin Debi Das Ghat Lane, Rahmatgonj, Dhaka
28 June 2005, 18:00 PM
My attention was drawn to an advertisement in a leading Bangla Daily on 22 June 2005, which said that an Indian doctor would stay in Dhaka and see patients on 24 June. There were only telephone numbers to contact him. One finds many such ads of visiting Indians doctors.

We know that it is compulsory for any foreign doctor to take registration from BMDC to practice in Bangladesh. But it seems there is no authority to oversee this. There are lots of highly qualified doctors in this country but nobody can imagine working in India because they won't be given permission to do so. To me, this is a slap on our national pride, authority and independence that the Indian doctors do not bother to take permission from the authority concerned. There are collaborators who, just for earning money, arrange visits of the Indian doctors. I request your attention and probe into the matter and take up with appropriate authority. The doctors' organisations such as Bangladesh Medical Association remained silent so far, and have proved themselves inept in this regard.