” বাংলার গৌরবের সারথি”

বিখ্যাত চিকিৎসা পদার্থবিদ প্রফেসর ডঃ গোলাম আবু জাকারিয়া। জার্মানিতে থেকেও অবিরত কাজ করে যাচ্ছেন দেশের জন্য, দেশের ক্যান্সার চিকিৎসার জন্য। বাংলা সাহিত্যকে যিনি ছড়িয়ে দিচ্ছেন জার্মান মুলুকে।  Read more

ক্যান্সারের চিকিৎসায় কোবাল্ট-৬০ ফের কেনা হচ্ছে

২৩ মার্চ ২০১৯, যুগান্তরঃ

দামে সাশ্রয়ী ও বেশি মানুষকে চিকিৎসা দিতেই এটি কেনা হচ্ছে -স্বাস্থ্য প্রতিমন্ত্রী

বিশ্বের বেশিরভাগ দেশেই বাতিল, ক্ষতিকর মানবদেহের জন্যও। অথচ সরকারের সেন্ট্রাল মেডিকেল স্টোরেজ ডিপার্টমেন্ট (সিএমএসডি) এমন ৫টি কোবাল্ট-৬০ মেশিন ক্রয় করছে। দুটি মেশিন কেনার কার্যাদেশ দেয়া হয়ে গেছে এবং বাকি তিনটি ক্রয়ের দরপত্র আহ্বান করা হয়েছে। ক্যান্সার রোগীদের রেডিও থেরাপি দেয়ার জন্য এ মেশিন শুধু ক্ষতিকরই নয়, ব্যয়বহুলও।

বিশেষজ্ঞরা বলছেন, সবচেয়ে কার্যকর, আধুনিক, ব্যয় সাশ্রয়ী এবং নিরাপদ রেডিও থেরাপি মেশিন হচ্ছে- লিনিয়ার এক্সিলারেটর। বিশ্ববাজারে এটি সহজপ্রাপ্যও। কিন্তু রহস্যজনক কারণে কেনা হচ্ছে কোবাল্ট-৬০। সূত্র বলছে, প্রভাবশালী একটি প্রতিষ্ঠান হয়তো তার স্বার্থে সরকারের উচ্চপর্যায়কে ভুল বুঝিয়ে এবং সংশ্লিষ্টদের ‘ম্যানেজ’ করে মেশিনগুলো সরবরাহ করছে।

জানতে চাইলে জাতীয় ক্যান্সার ইন্সটিটিউট ও হাসপাতালের সাবেক পরিচালক অধ্যাপক ডা. ওবায়দুল্লাহ বাকী যুগান্তরকে বলেন, উন্নত বিশ্বে কোবাল্ট-৬০ মেশিন একেবারেই অযোগ্য।  Read more

Breast cancer in South Asian women often diagnosed at a later stage: study

Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press 
Published Monday, April 20, 2015

TORONTO — Women of South Asian descent are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer in its later stages compared to the general population, while women of Chinese ethnicity tend to be diagnosed when the disease is at an early stage, an Ontario study has found.

Given that Canadians have equal access to health services, the findings suggest programs to promote screening and early diagnosis among South Asian women should take into account cultural factors that may be roadblocks to seeking timely care, the researchers say.

“There’s an education issue,” said medical oncologist Dr Ophira Ginsburg, a scientist at the Women’s College Research Institute in Toronto, which led the study. Read more

150,000 Pakistanis diagnosed with cancer every year

Pakistan is the 7th populous country with an estimated cancer incidence of 148,041 new cases. About 150,000 Pakistanis are diagnosed yearly with cancer. 101,113 cancer-related deaths (48,449 Men & 52,664 Women), and prevalence of 350,000 living cancer patients are reported in the past 5 years. The age-standardized ratio is more in females (128 Women & 96 Men per 100,000 populations respectively), Dr Muhammad Farrukh Consultant Radiation Oncologist at Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad said.

He was addressing the participants of an awareness seminar against cancer at Shifa International Hospital (SIH) on Saturday. Every year, on 4 February, World Cancer Day is marked, highlighting the health risks associated with cancer and advocating for effective policies to fight cancer. Discounted coupons for mammography were also offered to the female participants, said a press release. Read more

Cancer: The name of the second death in Afghanistan

Cancer is not the only issue in the field of health, but the broad social, economic, promotional and human rights as well. Cancer-causing a huge challenge to development and human progress around the world, especially in poor and developing countries. Cancer is the cause and consequence of poverty. In other words, cancer and poverty interact with each other so that cancer negatively affects the ability of families and society. Because of incapacity, according to the cancer patients who are not able to work efficiently and incomes are low in comparison with healthy people and on the other hand, they consume many possibilities for treatment.

Human understanding of cancers and proportional to the level of individuals and society is different. In progressive societies, on one hand, curious man with modern knowledge and the search of websites and scientific books from the latest scientific advances has awareness and on the other hand, sectors involved-do continuous useful in identifying cancer. The view of the cancer is deep & based on scientific facts. But in poor communities and deprived people have not reached its fullest use of technology and related sectors, there is not enough capacity, people’s views are based on anecdotal and unscientific. In short, people in developed countries, cancer is mostly is known as a preventable and treatable disease, while people in poor countries including Afghanistan, named cancer as the second death. Read more

Bhutan to have a cancer hospital

Pema Seldon Tshering, Thimphu
Feb 15, 2018

Cancer patients in the country will no longer have to travel abroad for treatment. That’s because the government will establish a cancer hospital in the country.

The decision to establish a cancer hospital comes in the face of a growing number of people suffering from the disease and the increasing cost that government incurs in treating them in hospitals outside Bhutan.

Some 1,500 patients were referred to India for treatment in the 2016-2017 financial year, which cost the government about Nu 2bn. Of the total referrals, about 35 per cent were cancer patients.

Some 499 cancer patients were referred to India in the financial year 2015-2016. The figure rose to 555 in the financial year 2016 to 2017.

“Especially, cancer patients require the support of the whole family and when they are outside the country, they are not able to get the support of the whole family as there is only one attendant,” Dr. Gosar Pemba, JDWNRH’s Medical Superintendent said.

“So that’s why they face numerable problems. One is the climate, the next is food and the other is living conditions in the treatment centres in India. It will be very good if we have a cancer centre in Bhutan.” Read more

Cancer treatment in Bangladesh: Still a long way to go

February 04, 2019

According to the World Health Organization, cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and a staggering 9.6 million people died of cancer just in 2018. To raise awareness of this fatal disease, and encourage its prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, the world today is observing “World Cancer Day” with a range of activities. Different types of organizations and hospitals are also observing this day in Bangladesh with conferences, seminars and a range of awareness-raising campaigns. However, these activities probably carry little meaning for the thousands of Bangladeshi cancer patients and their family members who have suffered financially, physically, and mentally while continuing the treatment in Bangladesh.

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