Mirza Abbas urges that doctors not be dragged into politics: 'A doctor is simply a doctor'

BNP standing committee member and adviser to the prime minister Mirza Abbas has urged that doctors not be made victims of politics.

He said, 'Today people say a BNP doctor. Does a medical textbook say anything about a BNP book? It does not. So a doctor is simply a doctor.'

He made the remarks at a seminar held on Saturday (14 November) at the Bangladesh Medical University auditorium in Shahbagh, Dhaka.

Mirza Abbas said, 'Let us allow doctors to remain doctors, and let us not drag them into politics any more. What applies to us should equally apply to any government.'

He said, 'Twenty years ago we saw many doctors who are no longer among us. But their contribution cannot be discarded.'

Mirza Abbas said, 'My country had good doctors, has good doctors, and will have good doctors in the future too.'

He said the country's doctors have not become that bad yet, even though the question is raised why leaders do not take treatment at home.

Mirza Abbas said that in Bangladesh's context there is a shortage of good hospitals and a lack of confidence, and that family pressure also leads many to seek treatment abroad.

He said good treatment is available in the country, but many people simply do not know it, and people must be told.

He also stressed the need to produce good doctors in the country.

Mirza Abbas further remarked that Bangladeshi doctors are working abroad with a good reputation.