Print Date: September 1, 2026 ||
Publish Date: August 21, 2026
Selim Uddin Calls for Affordable Healthcare in Public Hospitals
Sheikh Md. Belayet Hossain, Reporter ||
Mohammad Selim Uddin,
ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Dhaka North unit, has said many people are not
receiving adequate treatment and diagnostic services at public hospitals, while
low-income families often cannot afford costly treatment at private facilities.Speaking at a free
medical camp and medicine distribution programme at the National Bangla High
School field in Mirpur-2 on Friday morning, he said, “If you have money,
everything is available; if you don’t, you don’t get treatment.” He stressed
the need to ensure healthcare as a basic right for all.The programme was
organised on the initiative of Selim Uddin, the Jamaat-backed mayoral candidate
for Dhaka North City Corporation.He said Jamaat
organises free medical camps at different locations throughout the year to
provide treatment to disadvantaged and low-income people.Selim Uddin said
that if elected, he would work to improve healthcare services at Dhaka North
City Corporation hospitals, ensure necessary equipment and provide treatment at
affordable costs. He also pledged to bring the hospitals under essential
surgical and other medical services as quickly as possible.“We want to build
internationally standard hospitals,” he said, adding that he wanted to bring
changes to the healthcare sector so that people would not have to travel abroad
for advanced treatment.He also called for
effective measures to prevent unnecessary outflow of money and money laundering
in the name of medical treatment.Speaking about
Dhaka’s urban environment, Selim Uddin pledged to work with party workers,
supporters and residents to make the city cleaner and more liveable.Jamaat’s Dhaka
North secretary Dr Muhammad Rezaul Karim and assistant secretary Mohammad
Mahfuzur Rahman attended the event as special guests. Dhaka-14 MP Barrister Mir
Ahmed Bin Kasem Arman inaugurated the programme.Dr Rezaul Karim
said there was no alternative to Selim Uddin’s leadership for the development
and modernisation of Dhaka North.People from
different professions and communities in Mirpur and surrounding areas received
medical services at the daylong camp.
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