Doctors Association of Bangladesh is a trade association of doctors in Bangladesh. It is politically aligned with the right-wing

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. It is a rival of the

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backed doctors association,

Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad ( bn, স্বাধীনতা চিকিৎসক পরিষদ) aka ''SWACHIP'' is an organisation of pro-Awami League doctors of Bangladesh. M Iqbal Arslan is the president and M A Aziz is the incumbent ge ...

History

Doctors Association of Bangladesh was established in 1993 as the pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party association of doctors. Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad was formed in December 1993 as a Pro-Awami League association of doctors in response to the creation of the Doctors Association of Bangladesh. Professor M. A. Hadi former President of the Doctors Association of Bangladesh died in 2007. In May 2008, Judge Tanzina Ismail of Dhaka Special Court-6 sentenced the General Secretary of the Doctors Association of Bangladesh, AZM Zahid Hossain, was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment and his wife, Rifat Hossain, to three years imprisonment on corruption charges. In November the association opposed the caretaker governments appointment of administration officers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. The association condemned the sacking of 11 doctors, including

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, from

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on the reason that they were appointed for political reasons in September 2009. In 2012, the association lost the

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election to Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad. On 28 June 2015, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia accused the Awami League government of politicization of the judiciary at an

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event of Doctors Association of Bangladesh. In October 2016, Dr Kazi Mazharul Islam Dolon, a leader of the association, was arrested by Bangladesh Police. The association established a medical camp for

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where former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia distributed aid among the refugees in October 2017. President of the Chittagong unit of Doctors Association of Bangladesh, Dr Khurshid Jamil Chowdhury, called on doctors to protest following the arrest of staff at Max Hospital over the alleged medical neglect leading to the death of a three year old in 2018. After Bangladesh Nationalist Party lost the 11th parliamentary election it started re-organizing Doctors Association of Bangladesh, Jatiyatabadi Matsyajibi Dal, and Agriculturists Association of Bangladesh. In June 2020, the Doctors Association of Bangladesh called for the government to provide more COVID-19 tests and protective equipment during the

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. According to the association more than 200 doctors had been infected with COVID-19. In December 2021, the association called on the government to send former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was being treated at Evercare Hospital, abroad for medical treatment. The association observes the death anniversary of Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, who was killed for protesting against military dictator

Hussain Mohammad Ershad Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad ( bn, হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi Army Chief politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, a time ma ...

, as Dr Milon Day.

References

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