Equal status for nurses is vital for Bangladesh’s healthcare, says Farhad Mazhar

Poet and political thinker Farhad Mazhar has demanded that nurses be granted equal professional status to doctors, alongside the immediate formation of a “National Nurse Commission” to ensure health services for the people. Speaking at the Zahur Hossain Chowdhury Hall of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Thursday, Farhad said the government must form a commission with equal authority and decision-making power to that of existing medical bodies. He said symbolic gestures would not be enough, and the commission must function as a core policymaking force within the health sector. Farhad stressed that nurses should receive the same professional dignity and recognition as doctors. Without elevating the nursing profession, he warned, Bangladesh will never be able to establish a...