Mar
18
All are not born equal, some are fortunate enough of being born in developed countries and affluent families while some in extreme poverty. The greatest service to mankind is done by those people who ensure food, shelter, clothing and health through their generosity. Bangladesh is one of the countries in the world that has little …
Jan
05
A couple of years ago, 64 year old Mohamed Salim, was diagnosed with direct inguinal hernia by his doctor. He was suffering from the most serious complication of an inguinal hernia where a loop of intestine became trapped in the weak point in the abdominal wall . This obstructed his bowel, leading to severe pain, …
Jan
04
Eighty seven year old Karimon Begum, of Raoty, Kishoregonj, Bangladesh could not see for almost ten years. A decade ago she was diagnosed with cataract. Having a cataract surgery was only in her dreams. For most of the people of Bangladesh cataract surgery is not affordable. And if they become cataract blind, in most cases …
Jan
03
Fourteen year old Shaukat of Naraingonj, Bangladesh was a victim of a terrible accident. One day he was playing with his friends. All of a sudden when he touched a pole, there was an open electric wire and his right arm was completely damaged from the electric shock The boy had been admitted directly into …
Nov
11
21 year old daily worker Ryad of village Gachua, Swandip, Chittagong was suffering from his anorectal fistula for several years. He used to have rectal pain, usually described as burning, cutting, or tearing, pain with bowel movements, bloody stool and complain of recurrent malodorous perianal drainage, pruritus, recurrent abscesses and fever. He used to have …
Nov
10
Mehdi Bin Samad Says: Working at the latest EYE CAMP at Jahangir Nagar University, Bangladesh, organized by Touching Souls International, has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Firstly, their idea of organizing an eye camp, thus, providing a form of specialized medicare, while not a novel concept but is rarely practiced …
Nov
07
23 year old Imran is a day labor of Phul Chowdhury Para, North Halishahar, Chittagong. He had varicocele with dragging-like or aching pain within his scrotum, feeling of heaviness in the testicle(s) and with visible or palpable enlarged vein. He was diagnosed with Varicocele of Pampiniform plexus of veins left testis. Only treatment option for …
Nov
06
One year old Moslima of Patgram, Rangpur, Bangladesh was born with cleft lip. After her birth all the family members and neighbors was blaming Moslima’s mom for this. They were blaming her mom, she had committed some big crime or sin that her daughter was born with such cleft deformities. On July of 2009, Moslima …
Nov
03
Blindness due to cataract presents an enormous problem in Bangladesh in terms of economic loss and social burden. Although cataract blindness is curable by cataract removal surgery there are many barriers for it for the disadvantaged people of Bangladesh. Such as financial reasons, distance from the health care facility, fear, lack of service awareness, lack …
Nov
02
35 year old Begum Rokeya, housewife was diagnosed with bleeding haemorrhoid. For last seven years she was having severe pain and bleeding from her haemorrhoid. For that she was suffering iron deficiency anemia resulting from her prolonged loss of blood. Her condition was going worse day by day. Her family could not provide her the …
