08-04-2021

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Community clinics, a blessing
for grassroots people, amid
COVID-19 pandemic
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GD-611/21 (5x3)
DHAKA : When the deadly
novel corona virus (COVID-
19) has created havoc on the
people's life and livelihood as
well as the country's health
system since its outbreak in
March last year, the
community clinics have been
appeared as a blessing for the
grassroots people at that
critical time.
In such a life-threatening
situation, the community
health care providers
(CHCPs) of the community
clinics are continuing to carry
out the mission of providing
medicare services to the
common people at the
grassroots level throughout
the country amid the
pandemic.
Many patients are visiting
the clinics with COVID-19
symptoms though it is
difficult to diagnose. The
CHCPs are rendering health
care services to the patients
risking their life.
The health service
providers said the community
clinics are providing medicare
services to the rural people
regularly when many public
and private hospitals in urban
areas are struggling to keep
up their services due to
various problems like
shortage of doctors, other
staff and necessary health
equipment.
But at that time, the rural
people are getting free
treatment and medicines as
well from the community
clinics across the country. The
clinics have become a blessing
for the people, especially for
women and children.
The common people are
getting 30 types of health
service including awareness
advices about the COVID-19
from the community clinics.
The clinics have become the
only resort for the people near
their houses from where they
receive medical treatment
during the lockdown (general
vacation) across the country.
The countrymen heaved a
sigh of relief when Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina has
taken prompt initiatives to
bring COVID vaccines in the
country at a time when the
rate of infection of the super
contagious disease is surging
alarmingly.
The people are showing
their eagerness to take the
vaccine though they were not
interested in it at the
beginning. Even, many
people are visiting their
nearby community clinics
(CCs) to take the inoculation
though it is provided from
designated facilities.
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Farmers expect bumper Boro
yield in Panchagarh
GD-610/21 (7x3)
PANCHAGARH : Farmers
and Department of
Agricultural Extension (DAE)
officials are expecting bumper
Boro production during the
current season.
The Boro fields now take
greenish look as the tender
paddy plants are growing well
in all five upazilas of the
district.
The farmers are busy and
passing their time for
nurturing Boro plants and
giving fertilizers on the fields
with the hope of bumper
yield.
DAE office sources said
there is no fertilizer and water
supply shortage while no
pests attack took place,
making the agriculture
officers hopeful about
bumper production.
DAE sources said 30,125
hectares of land have been
brought under Boro
cultivation in the district with
the production target of
1,33,750 tonnes of fresh rice
this season.
DAE deputy director Md
Mizanur Rahman told BSS
that Boro cultivation has
exceeded by over 200
hectares of land in the district,
though the department fixed
the target of cultivation on 30,
125 hectares of land.
The Bangladesh Agriculture
Development Corporation
(BADC) distributed high
quality Boro seeds to the
farmers at fair price.
The DAE has also
distributed Boro seeds,
fertilizers and other
agriculture inputs among 200
farmers at free of cost to make
the cultivation programme a
success.
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