Celebrating the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2024

Event Date:

06/11/2024 12:00 am

In observance of #WorldHospiceAndPalliativeCareDay 2024, a discussion program held together with Narayanganj City Corporation at conference room that brought together the government and non-government officials, stakeholders, and healthcare professionals to provide an overview of the ongoing ‘Compassionate Narayanganj’ program. In line with the call of the WHPC 2024 – “Ten Years Since the Resolution: How Are We doing?” the program focused on the need of more awareness, more advocacy, and promotion of palliative care in the Bangladesh country context and call for support towards the formation of a sustainable palliative care society across the Narayanganj City Corporation.

Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) and AYAT Education organized the program under the framework of the ‘Compassionate Narayanganj’ project with the active participation of the senior officials of the NCC – the Administrator, Chief Executive Office and Secretary along with the Civil Surgeon, Narayanganj, Deputy Director, Family Planning, Deputy Director, Social Services departments, Upazila Health & Family Planning Officer, Upazila Family Planning Officer of Bandar Upazila, Narayanganj and some other govt. departmental officials of Narayanganj. Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine BIRDEM General Hospital Dr. Md. Ashraf Uddin Ahmed in his keynote presentation on “Palliative care in Bangladesh-Light of Hope” went through the history of palliative and hospice care and Bangladesh’s perspective, and the steps needed to the growing number of the older population and people needing palliative care.

The Administrator of the City Corporation Narayanganj and the Chief Guest of the program in his concluding speech shared his personal experience of currently available palliative care services to the’ end of life patients’ being provided at our specialized health care facilities. He also expressed his sincere interest to ‘Do something for palliative care and assured his full cooperation in establishing the Narayanganj Palliative Care Society ’as a sustainable approach to the current initiative. He appreciated the role of the Community Volunteers of this project while delivering the ‘Volunteer’s Certificates’. The event took the opportunity of honoring Dr. A.F.M. Mushiur Rahman, Civil Surgeon, Narayanganj, who from the first day of the project is continuing his all-out support and guidance to the Compassionate Narayanganj project. Director Programs, AYAT Education concluded the program with a call for NCCs support towards establishing Narayanganj as a ‘Palliative Care Friendly City’ that will inspire others.