According to a recent study conducted by nephrologists of Shaheed Suhrawardi Medical College, around 40 percent of kidney patients cannot afford dialysis at all and 90 percent of them discontinued treatment after three to four months. Roughly 50 percent of these patients die within two years of kidney failure.
Cancer care in Bangladesh: A tale of scarcity and negligence
Shahana Akhter, an inhabitant of a remote village of Netrokona district has to wait for hours at NICRH to get an appointment to treat her emaciated mother who has been suffering from colorectal cancer. Hundreds of patients like her were seen lying on the dirty floors and waiting for long hours to receive treatment. The photo was taken on January 31, 2021. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Due to overwhelming treatment costs, scarcity of trained professionals and unavailability of equipment, cancer care is still inaccessible to hundreds of thousands of cancer patients in Bangladesh.