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The Fight for Affordable Healthcare

If you ask a CNG driver to take you to Nagar Hospital in Mirpur Road, chances are that he will not ask you again about its location. This is because the Gonoshasthya Nagar Hospital, is probably the only full-fledged non-government hospital where anyone, no matter how poor, will be able to get medical care. In a country where government hospitals are overcrowded, understaffed and inefficient and where private clinics or hospitals charge sky high fees, this several-storied building in the heart of the city, is the only hope for the poor or those with modest incomes.

Cover Photo: Zahedul I Khan
Cover Design: Manan Murshed

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