Bangladesh, Jan. 18 -- An article in a leading Bengali daily titled "The lion's share of the money for healthcare overseas is going illegally" should be regarded as ominous.
The article ends with the conclusion drawn by a learned former governor of Bangladesh Bank that certification by doctors for application for foreign currency for buying medical care in the neighbouring countries should be abolished as the process is tedious. Recommendation by a medical board can be bewildering, usually not willingly offered by Bangladeshi medical practitioners and hence should be discarded.
His statement begins with a factual veracity that attempts to expose the tip of a massive iceberg. Unchecked the iceberg potentially can create economic consequenc...