The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Speakers at a press briefing in the city yesterday said the heart rhythm disorder causes most of the heart failure.

They were speaking after the inauguration of 1st International "Dhaka Heart Rhythm Summit" organised by Medtronic with the cooperation of Popular limited.

Addressing as a Summit Director National Prof Brig (Retd) Abdul Malik said at the briefing Bangladesh had started to give quality treatment. He mentioned poverty and ignorance as the main obstacles on the way of ensuring good treatment at the grassroots-level.

They said, "Therapies are available, specialists are very skilled but we are very far from reaching the goal. This kind of Summit would help the doctors exchange their experiences about this kind of diseases."

Dr Balbir Singh, Electro Physiologist of India said media had to play a vital role to create awareness among the people. The vital difference between USA and South Asia is that USA is more conscious of their health.