'Imitate philosophy of Ibrahim'
To mark the 22nd death anniversary of Birdem Hospital founder Dr Mohammad Ibrahim, Diabetic Association of Bangladesh offers free-of-cost blood test service to passers-by to check for diabetes at Jatiya Press Club in the city yesterday. Photo: STAR
The philosophy that enabled Prof Dr Muhammad Ibrahim, founder of Birdem Hospital, to treat patients with empathy is worth imitating, speakers said at a memorial meeting yesterday. On the occasion of National Prof Dr Ibrahim's 22nd death anniversary that Birdem observed as "Service Day", the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh organised the meeting at the conference room of Birdem. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury attended the programme as the chief guest with Prof AK Azad Chowdhury in the chiar. Saifuddin Ahmed, secretary general of the diabetic association, said, “Birdem has been playing a pioneering role in treating and rehabilitating diabetic patients in the country. Every year more than two lakh diabetic patients are getting registered at the hospital. Birdem has affiliated associations in 58 districts currently. And the man who was behind all this is Dr Ibrahim”. Shirin Sharmin said, “Dr Muhammad Ibrahim was a farsighted man and that is why he established Birdem Hospital to treat diabetic patients especially years back”. The government also has taken diabetes issue seriously and is working to set up a special diabetes hospital for women and children at the city's Uttara, she added. Recalling the memories with Dr Ibrahim, Brig Gen (retd) MA Malik said, “He was such a doctor who bade thanks to his patients for giving him the opportunity to serve them. It is totally absent among the doctors of today”. National Prof MR Khan and Prof AR Khan also spoke at the meeting.
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