Bangladesh, March 9 -- They are physicians extraordinary. In a country where there are complaints galore against physicians for not attending duty or remaining away from duty stations only to falsely put their signature in the attendance register at the end of a month to draw salary, the two physicians at Birganj Upazila Health Complex are indeed a rare breed.
A contemporary ran a story on Dr Somoresh Das and Dr Afroz Sultana on February 27 last depicting their devotion to duty and professional sincerity. Dr Somoresh had his left collar bone broken in a bike accident a week ago. With his left hand dangling from a sling, the young physician was attending to outdoor patients -and not just 20 or 30 of them but about 300 on an average. His col...