In 1980 a
group of professional physicians working in Rajshahi city noted that from the
population of patients coming to Rajshahi city for treatment a very sizable
number is being diagnosed as having advanced cancer. Rajshahi has meager facilities
for cancer treatment; mostly because cancer treatment takes a long time and a
lot of money. Overloaded Government hospitals cannot afford a long term
treatment nor do our patients can afford a long term stay away from home. Hence
a majority of such patients are obliged to go back to their home and family without
treatment and counting their painful days in a pitiable condition till the
final call. Worst part of the deal is that it happens every day in front of the
bewildered family members who have no idea what to do.
This drew attention of a group of social workers.
They decided to rent a house for accommodation and palliative treatment to those
cancer patients coming from surrounding areas. They named that house as “Cancer
Shelter”.
This
service was continued from 1982 to 2000. By that time the committee people came
to realize that cancer shelter was not adequate enough to serve the purpose.
What is really needed is a full – fledged cancer hospital from where:
- Proper medical treatment can be given to the patients,
- Qualified Consultation service can be given in the hospital,
- Diagnostic facilities should be there to detect early cancer,
- Start treatment in an early stage of the disease, and
- Motivational work can be done for the common people so that they can know the facts about the disease. The idea should be propagated through seminars and symposia that cancer is not a dreadful disease anymore and it can be handled if they come to a doctor at an early stage of the disease.
For the above reason the committee purchased a
land to build a specialized hospital for the treatment of Cancer patients. Foundation stone of Rajshahi Cancer Hospital & Research Center was laid by Rtn. Prof. Sayyid Fazlul Haque on 28 June 2000.Ground Floor was opened by PDG Iftekarul Alam on 09 November 2001.
First floor was opened on 23 June 2006 by the President, KRFC
Mr. Hans Petter Mjølund
and the 2nd floor by Deputy Mayor of Kristiansand Kommune,
Norway, Mr. Steinar Kristiansen 0n 13 January 2007.
This non profitable hospital is supported by the local people, City of Kristiansand, Norway and Rotary Dist 3280 with Rotary International. It is a Non Profitable Hospital.
Our objective is “NOT TO BE SERVED BUT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE”
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| Opening of ground floor |
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| Opening of first floor |
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| Opening of second floor |
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| A view of the hospital |
