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Conference of Bangladesh Society ofEmergency Medicine held BSMMU
Bangladesh Society of Emergency Medicine organised a two-day long international conference from Friday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in the capital, says a press release. At present time in the advanced world Emergency Medicine has evolved as a separate specialty with highly trained specialists to take care of the patients with serious illness brought to emergency room.
Keeping in mind society has been organising workshops and co-operating with health ministry and medical university to improve and strengthen emergency care in the hospitals and at the same time trying to produce trained specialists in thecountry.
The workshop arranged at Dhaka Medical College Hospital was participated by 100 doctors and 50 nurses and the scientific meeting included presentations on emergency care by specialists from home and abroad. The conference was inaugurated by Prof Kamrul Hasan Khan, Vice -Chancellor of BSMMU as chief guest and Prof Mirza Mazharul Islam as special guest. It was presided over by Prof Humayun Kabir Chowdhury, President of the Society. Secretary General of the Society Dr Raghib Manzoor, Prof Ziauddin Ahmad from USA adviser of the society and Prof Mohammad Omar Faruq were also present.
DUTA distributes blankets to 1400 cold hit people
A total of 1400 cold victims of Shaghata and Phulchhari upazilas of the district got blankets from Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA) on Thursday.
A distribution function was held on the premises of Bharatkhali Bandar Girls High School of Shagahat uapzila in the afternoon in cooperation with local Ngo SKS Foundation and district administration.
Professor Maksud Kamal, president of DUTA, formally distributed the blankets among the cold hit poor people aged over 50 of Shagata and Muktinagar unions under Shaghata upazila, Gozaria and Phulchhari unions under Phulchhari upazila as the chief guest.
Speaking at a function Professor Maksud Kamal said the blankets were disbursed to the cold hit people as symbolic aid so that rich men and other social organizations could stand beside the victims with positive attitude to help mitigate their sufferings. Joint secretary of DUTA assistant professor Neelima Akter, members Prof. Nizamul Haque and Biman Chandra Barua, chief executive of SKS Foundation Rasel Ahmed Liton, and other officials including journalists of print andelectronic media were present on the occasion.
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