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Purabi: An indefatigablefighter in women healthcare in Bangladesh

Her mission are challenging taboos and eradicating malpractice. She is educating high school girls of rural and urban areas on adolescent health changes and menstrual hygiene practice.

( August 21, 2018, Dhaka, Sri Lanka Guardian) Let me begin in the words of famed Egyptian-American author Suzy Kassem, “Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons.Morality, not corruption.Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance.Stability, not fear and terror. Peace, not chaos. Love, not hate.Convergence, not segregation.Tolerance, not discrimination.Fairness, not hypocrisy.Substance, not superficiality.Character, not immaturity.Transparency, not secrecy.Justice, not lawlessness.Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction.Truth, not lies, and a Doctor for Healing of Patients, not killing of them.” As a matter of fact, Dr. Nowsheen Sharmin Purabi loves to give or bring back a patient’s life. Therefore, trust the physician, and drink her remedy in silence and tranquility.


Dr Purabi with one of her Professors

A smile is the best makeup any girl or woman can wear. Gynecologist & Obstetrician Dr. Nowsheen Sharmin Purabi is an ever shining face in women healthcare in the country. She is a physician, writer and health awareness activist. As an ‘experienced Programme Planner with a demonstrated history of working in the medical college hospital & health care industry, she is skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Activism, Programme Evaluation, Public Speaking, and Reproductive Health. She is a strong media and communication professional with a MCPS Degree in Gynecology and Obstetrics from Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeon.’

A CSP Fellow of US Department of State for more than 2 years, she was trained in Community Solution Programme, a programme of Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of US Department of States. It is a professional development programme for the best and brightest global community leaders. She is the Brand Ambassador of Microsoft for Windows Women Programme in Dhaka and a health awareness programme planner and presenter of BTV.

She conceived a ground breaking television show “TONU MON” (MIND & BODY), writing and presenting the same fortnightly with an approximate viewership of 80 million per episode. It is one of the longest running pregrammes aired by BTV, inspiring thousands of queries and feedback from the viewers every week. In this visionary television show, she devotes to adolescent and women’s reproductive health awareness, in-depth discussion of a single reproductive health issue takes place with the aid of audio visual illustration, expert opinion and live question-answer sessions.

Dr. Purabi has been running “Dr. Purabi’s Help Desk” since 2004 to consecratecounsels to our women’s health-care at free of cost. As a young medical school graduate, she started providing free medical service in her own village during weekends. This sense of public service and social responsibility set her apart from others in her generation. She regularly writes articles on women’s reproductive health issue at different national dailies of Bangladesh. She has fused traditional medial expertise with digital technology. Free lectures on various maternal and reproductive health issues are posted on YouTube channel byPurabi, attracting wide viewership and appreciation. Her undergraduate students among others are hugely benefited from these lectures. She has trained a number of volunteers. Having been trained by Dr. Purabi, these volunteers are running health awareness programmes in rural areas.

Dr. Nowsheen Sharmin Purabi obtained her Bachelor’s Degree, MBBS from Bangladesh Medical College. She was born, educated in Dhaka and also has achieved several national and international awards for her outstanding cultural and academic activities.

She started her career as a teacher and Registrar in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Z. H. Sikder Women`s Medical College & Hospital Dhaka in 2009, where she was well regarded by her students, colleagues and patients. Currently, she is a dedicated teacher, committed physician and a passionate health awareness activist. She is involved in Societies like Bangladesh Medical Association, Bangladesh Medical College Alumni Association,Sandhani Bangladesh Medical College Unit, ViqarunNisa Noon School and College Alumni association and International Exchange Alumni [Government organization of USA).

She cares for our women-folk. Dr. Purabi says, “As a patriotic citizen of Bangladesh, it’s my time to give back to the nation. I want to be the instrument of changes.” Her vision is to ensure ‘Good health for all’ by empowering the under-privileged women through awareness and support. She is helping the women to take their own control on reproductive health, guiding them towards proper and timely utilisation of health facilities, strengthen community participation and voluntary activities. Thus cut short the individual health budget. Focused area of her works are respectful maternity care, safe abortion and post abortion care, non-communicable disease prevention and control, adolescent health, contraception, STD, maternal health, life style modification, obesity control, vaccination, nutrition, mental health, first aid and basic life support.

Her mission are challenging taboos and eradicating malpractice. She is educating high school girls of rural and urban areas on adolescent health changes and menstrual hygiene practice. She is doing free cervical cancer screening test among the women of reproductive age group and raising awareness on prevention of cervical cancer. Her Facebook page is updated with health information periodically.

Her biggest impact is the ability to convey health information and education to millions every day. Benefit of her contribution crosses the geographical barrier and touches the lives of more people than she has ever imagined. Bengali being the seventh largest language in the world is spoken by more than 210 million people worldwide. According to the YouTube report, Bengali speaking people across the continents are being benefitted though these free lectures on Youtube. The number of audience is increasing day by day. Medical students are availing of these lectures as resource material. She is the first consultant physician in Bangladesh who has taken the initiative to raise health awareness among the women in such a level. She has already been recognised as a country leader or opinion leader by different national and international organisations.

She has been listed as Top 10 health awareness activist by LinkedIn. Her publications have covered many burning issues related to women’s health-care.

“Advice is best given before it is needed. In order to create awareness among our women, my efforts will be continued…” Dr. Purabi has said. Health education and information are the basic steps to access the sexual and reproductive health services. She is a Consultant Gynecologist and dedicated health awareness activist, well known for her untiring work to establish reproductive health right by creating awareness and doorstep health services. She is the first physician in Bangladesh who has taken the initiatives to bridge the gap between health services and people. Her activities are challenging taboos and eradicating malpractice from the society.

A large portion of adolescent girls miss school during their menstruation, as has been stated by Dr. NowsheenSharminPurabi. She has added that reasons behind remaining absent in schools are – inadequate knowledge on menstrual hygiene and lack of toilet facilities in schools. They feel uncomfortable going out this time of the month. Menstruation is a natural process; however, there is no open discussion on such matter neither in society nor in family. Most of the cases, when a girl enters in this process, she is ignorant about her physical transition and hygiene that she needs to maintain.

Under privileged society sentiments still make girls and women feel that menstrual management is something disgusting. It is a dirty aspect of women’s life and they should hide irrespectively of how much pain and discomfort they feel. Usually cloths are washed and reused for menstrual management. Most use cloth often do not wash these cloths with soap and clean water and drying them in the sun because other people will see and they think that it is a secret matter. Some of the respondents are not aware of it because there is no practice of discussion. Girls and women usually hesitate in open discussion due to lack of education on normal physiology of menstruation. They consider the topic as secret and shameful chapter of women’s life.

Women and girls have been found across a range of countries to lack knowledge of the physiology and management of menstrual bleeding. On average, women are facing routinely painful experiences every single month for up to a week or longer, between the ages 11 to 50.Sanitary Napkin cost is not cheap like other commodity. Still it is considering as a luxury cosmetic item.

Menstrual cycle is not a disease. We should consider menstrual cycle under public health issue. Women fertility face problem due to unhygienic menstrual management. Women often suffer from various infections. Positive and constructive dialogues are needed to break the silence on high price of sanitary product issue. Not only that policy maker need to take action on educating women about safer low cost MHM materials, subsidizing the costs of sanitary napkins/pads for economically deprived groups and removing or reducing taxes on menstrual absorbents. There is a strong need for menstrual hygiene promotion and awareness raising initiatives as it is closely associated with gender equality and female empowerment, it also has a direct influence on women’s reproductive health, education and labour participation. These are the core issues for which Dr. Purabi has been working unflaggingly.

Purabi loves what she does. She thinks taking care of women is definitely her calling in life. Even as a medical student, she loved talking about women’s medical problems and the majority of it was treatable. Other specialties have more chronic illness. With women and dealing with them, she has felt much more of a connection to them—emotional, mental, spiritual health and wellness. Her approach becomes very holistic. She also enjoy being a sounding board for women and it has become one of the most attractive aspects of her job—the conversations and she felt that she could be really helpful. Through that she enjoyed taking care of them, and of course, she could deliver babies. There’s no greater moment than handing a baby to a parent. The greatest miracle of all is bringing life into the world and it never gets old. She still tears up with deliveries, being a part of that journey. She feels very lucky to do what she does.

The job is exactly what she expected it to be—every day is different. Some days she sees pregnant women, some day’s adolescents, some days’ grandmothers. Each patient is something new and different. She functions as a primary care physician for many of them. Deliver their babies; operate when needed, console them through loss, cancer, divorce and more. The relationships she builds with these people are invaluable and special. They entrust her with their secrets, their fears, and their celebrations.

She completed her rotation in medical school, and was completely taken with the wide range of decisions and procedures involving some of the most important aspects of women’s lives: their fertility, control over reproductive health, sexuality, and childbirth. She also enjoys having the opportunity to follow her patients through the course of their lives and educate them about various aspects of health and wellness.

While she was most fascinated by obstetrics, she has learnt to love gynecology and surgery during her training. This field takes care of women for about two decades and offers an opportunity to manage women through some of their most distressing times. Thankfully, most of the problems can be resolved relatively easily and the patients are generally healthy. She couldn’t think of another job she would rather be doing—it is a perfect fit for her personality.

She likes maintaining women’s health. She likes the fact that the field is one where she gets to maintain health as opposed to manage sickness. She sees most women when they’re healthy and she thinks that is great. She has liked medicine and surgery and this is really one of those fields where she can do both—she can use her hands and mind together.

Human anatomy is complex and fragile, and each one of us is unique. While we can’t expect physicians to specialise in our own distinct makeup, they do specialise in health issues exclusive to women and men. Gynecology and obstetrics — usually combined into one specialty (ob-gyn) — is the care and treatment of women’s organs throughout their lives. Ob-gyns, as doctors in this specialty are called, look after women’s reproductive health, dealing with birth control, pregnancy, and fertility. She also treats breast and cervical cancer diseases.

Being a mother herself, Dr. Purabi appreciates the high expectations of women and their families during pregnancy. She has a special interest in the health life habits of balanced eating and exercise that endure throughout pregnancy and beyond. She delights in sharing the pregnancy journey with her patients. She supports a woman’s choice for a normal birth or caesarean section, providing information and guidance about either choice. She is expert in assisted vaginal birth and planned vaginal birth after caesarean section. A key element in her care lays answering questions and ensuring comfort and wellbeing during a woman’s pregnancy.

Ever smiling Dr. Purabi, she has a professional, confidential, empathetic approach and offers services in general gynaecology with a specific interest and experience in the management of endometriosis, pelvic pain, fibroids, infertility, menstrual disorders and complications of early pregnancy. She continues to work in public hospitals where she is deeply involved in teaching medical students and training junior doctors in obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Purabi’s Help Desk is an innovative private practice providing complete pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatal care to women and families. Her philosophy is based upon continuity, collaboration and community; together. When visiting the doctor, it is vitally important to establish three things: trust, comfort and understanding. Mental and physical health has been the focal point of ensuring the well-being of Bangladesh’s communities.

A gynecologist specialises in the health and diseases of the female reproductive system. Many such doctors are also obstetricians who work with women to keep pregnancies healthy and to deliver babies.Every woman should see a gynecologist to promote good health. Starting from puberty, when the reproductive organs mature, women should be regularly evaluated by a gynecological specialist. Women should schedule an exam between the ages of 13 and 15 or when they become sexually active. Physicians can explain normal bodily functions and answer any related questions about menstruation that may arise. Doctors can advise older women about menopause and hormone replacement therapy. Keeping a close relationship with your gynecologist will be helpful over the years.

During an annual well woman exam, an OB/GYN will perform pelvic and breast exams. A pelvic exam allows inspection of the cervix, and a Pap smear allows the examination of a few cells microscopically for any potentially cancerous cells. Women should have a pelvic exam annually, whether or not they are having a Pap smear. The doctor can assess many disorders of the reproductive system through examination. He or she can also conduct tests with blood and tissue cultures.

Other common women’s health problems include endometriosis, fibroid tumors and cancer. These should be evaluated by a doctor in gynecology for medications and surgery and referred to an oncologist for treatment. Contraception is also a big part of this field, and different methods of contraception can be discussed and prescribed by specialised physicians like Dr. Purabi.

When women reach menopause, they may experience physical and emotional symptoms in this life changing period. A physician can evaluate blood hormone levels and prescribe hormone replacement therapy if needed to help counteract these symptoms. As a woman regular visit to the gynecologist is important for her long-term health and wellbeing. She deserves to have a compassionate doctor she can trust looking out for her medical needs, and that’s exactly what one will find through Dr. Purabi’s Healthcare Services.

Our women-folk can get the help they need preparing for birth with the comprehensive obstetric services being offered by Dr. Purabi. Her services include:advanced obstetric and gynecological care includes a full range of services and treatments for women of all ages. From the patient’s first exam through childbirth, menopause and beyond, she is here to care for our women-folk; obstetric services include: Total pregnancy care; high-risk pregnancy; and contraceptive counseling. She also offers gynecologic treatments and services including: Bio-identical hormones; laparoscopic hysterectomy; hysteroscopy and endometrial ablation; menopause management; menstrual dysfunction; PMS evaluation; urinary incontinence; and weight loss management; and she provides a comfortable and private atmosphere for physician consultation and evaluation: Prenatal care; postpartum care; fetal assessment; menopause clinic; gynecology & GYN surgery; high risk obstetrics; laparoscopy; pre-natal genetics; GYN oncology (GYN cancer); reproductive medicine & fertility services; and adjunctive services.

Dr. Purabi is an outstanding gynecologist and a very compassionate doctor in Bangladesh. She is a very rare find. She cares about his patients and is not just about volume and revenue like some doctors!! When you meet her you’ll see exactly what I’m speaking about yes the labs might take a while for the results to turn around but she is extremely professional and handles women’s health with extreme care.

She is very thorough and clear. She listens to a patient’s concerns and makes her feel like she understands the patient. Purabi is an amazing person and doctor. Her practice is the best in the country. ONE word – OUTSTANDING! Her courteousness, friendliness and efficiency, TWO words – INCREDIBLY FANTASTIC! The wait, THREE words – WHY NOT WAIT? When we are out shopping we take our time to make our purchases, hours! So in like manner, since this is our health we should be more understanding and patient knowing that we will get top notch treatment and attention.

She is very thorough and pays close attention to a patient’s concerns and issues. She wants to help find a solution to any issue and not just Band-Aid it with medication. She is very efficient with the way she runs his practice, very knowledgeable, professional and most importantly she makes the patients feel comfortable.

Dr. Purabi is a wonderful doctor! Not only is she personable, thorough, and genuine, it’s a pleasure having a female doctor who can truly relate to the patients and their current stage in life. She is a very efficient, kind, and an attentive doctor. She is the patients’ favourite doctor. She is so accommodating and caring. She is personable, knowledgeable and genuinely caring. Patients love a good problem solver who is also keen on sharing her knowledge of preventative medicine.

Women’s health is an important issue for females everywhere in the country. If you are a female who wants to maintain glowing health and happiness for many years, you should regularly receive well woman checks.

Gynecological care is so important throughout a woman’s lifecycle. Routine examinations such as pap smears, breast exams, pelvic exams and others are important preventive services that help save many women’s lives yearly. For many women, making an appointment with an obstetrician/gynecologist (commonly referred to as OB/GYN) can be intimidating, and some may avoid visiting one altogether. The truth is, visiting an OB/GYN is important for all women.

Women’s health is an important issue for females everywhere in the country. If you are a female who wants to maintain glowing health and happiness for many years, you should regularly receive well woman checks. These types of examinations can often detect potential medical concerns that need to be addressed right away.

It’s important for women to get wellness exams on a regular basis. It’s also crucial for women to be attentive to any potential signs of anything that may be out of the ordinary. Some key symptoms all women should look out for include bleeding that occurs in between menstrual periods, breast lumps which can sometimes be found breast shape changes, abnormal vaginal discharge, uncomfortable sexual intercourse, vaginal burning or itching and frequent urination. If you have any of those symptoms, you should never ignore them. You should seek medical attention without delay to find out exactly what’s going on. It’s vital for women to get medical care at the first sign of anything atypical. It’s also critical, however, for women to make a point to receive routine wellness exams. Wellness exams can often pinpoint possible health problems before they become more obvious. If you want to stay on top of your health at all times, yearly wellness exams are absolutely critical, no excuses.

Health should your number one goal as a woman. If you need an annual wellness check you can genuinely trust, Dr. Purabi’s care, for women is a women’s healthcare provider that can assist you.OB/GYN is a combination of the words obstetrics and gynecology and refers to a doctor who specialises in women’s reproductive health. It can also refer to the specialty of women’s health that cares for women’s reproductive organs. An obstetrician takes care of women during pregnancy and just after their baby is born. A gynecologist does routine checkups of female reproductive organs for women of all ages. An OB/GYN is trained to do both of these things.

A penumbra of lustrous dignity has descended over Dr. Purabi’s reputation. God and the Doctor we alike adore. She is a doctor – it’s a profession that may be considered a special mission, devotion. It calls for involvement, respect and willingness to help all other people. As a medical doctor, it is her duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as she can gather and as much expertise as she has and as much experience as she has to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically just.

James Marion Sims developed pioneering tools and surgical techniques related to women’s reproductive health, and are credited as the “father of modern gynecology.” The 19th-century physician has been lionised with statues in New York City, America.We expect something like it from Dr. NowsheenSharminPurabi in the field of women’s reproductive health care in our country.

Simply put, a great doctor is a great human being, who happens to have the capacity to restore health. The greatest doctors are those who know when to stop and pull out. A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist; she or he is either, like the surgeon, a craftsman, or, like the physician and the psychologist, an artist. This means that in order to be a good doctor, a woman or a man must also have a good character, that is to say, whatever weaknesses and foibles he may have, and he must love her or his fellow human beings in the concrete and desire their good before her or his own.

An enlightened Master JaggiVasudev has said, “In terms of the real quality of a human being, only when suffering comes, when pain comes, does a man stand up as a human being.” Similarly, until and unless, we fall in sick, we can’t fathom the sufferings of illness. “The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them” has been aptly said by Dr. Bernard M. Baruch and any sort of illness or disease is nothing but a trouble and we should not carry on with it. Seeking a doctor’s advise for remedy is the right thing to do.

Disease can never be conquered, can never be quelled by emotion’s willful screaming or faith’s symbolic prayer. It can only be conquered by the energy of humanity and the cunning in the mind of human. In the patience of a Curie, in the enlightenment of a Faraday, a Rutherford, a Pasteur, a Nightingale, and all other apostles of light and cleanliness, rather than of a woebegone godliness, we shall find final deliverance from diseases related women’s health care and many other diseases. Dr. Purabi has been tirelessly working for long to give relief to the hundreds of women patients of the country without a sound. Still many of the people of Bangladesh do not know the availability of a very high calibred physician in women’s health care like her.

“Physician, heal thyself,” a Proverb has aptly said. A visionary leader is he or she who is confident about their standards and stands firm to uphold their and the team’s values and beliefs. A great doctor knows and remembers his or her patients and treats them with a kind heart and gentle hands as if they are re one of their own family, dedicating their working life of service to creating and preserving health. Dr. Purabi is truly a visionary physician.

A good doctor needs to know how your whole body functions as a unit and what you should do to maintain your overall health. They should stay informed of all the latest breakthroughs in the field and communicate their knowledge in a way that makes it easy to understand. Offering a wide range of information and clearly stating why they believe a certain type of medical care is beneficial will make it easier for patients to follow this advice correctly and trust their doctor if there is a problem. She falls under this category.

A good doctor should listen to what you have to say and respond to you carefully. It is not simply a matter of making an accurate diagnosis, but letting the patient know that the doctor has listened to their concerns and is offering a response that is most appropriate for your unique situation.

Your doctor’s bedside manner will make you feel more comfortable during appointments. You want to feel as though your doctor genuinely cares so that you and your family can share questions or concerns openly. If you are not connecting with a doctor on an emotional level there is no harm in finding someone new. Look for someone that is warm and attentive, encouraging their patients to speak openly. Your doctor should also explain what they are doing and why to put you at ease and make it easier to follow treatments properly.

A good doctor should listen to what you have to say and respond to you carefully. It is not simply a matter of making an accurate diagnosis, but letting the patient know that the doctor has listened to their concerns and is offering a response that is most appropriate for your unique situation. If you have strong opinions on medical issues such as vaccines, sleep schedules or similar activities, your doctor should take your concerns into account.
At her care, Dr. Nowsheen Sharmin Purabi talks about becoming a doctor. She tells them that there is much to learn “but so much of what you need to be really good doctors, you already know … Becoming a great doctor begins not with what you know, but who you are. Being someone’s doctor is about a relationship. That relationship is built on trust. Being a great doctor begins not with what you have to say, but your ability to listen.”

She says listening is the key and most important attribute of being a good physician in women’s healthcare. This means those who listen to the patient’s story without rushing it or embellishing it. They let the patient develop his or her own story of the situation, sometimes prompting the patient to focus but without unduly narrowing the narrative. The physician must at the same time be nonjudgmental to learn from the patient and develop a strong doctor-patient relationship – the third major attribute. The doctors need to like people and thus like their patients. The good physician is well grounded in basic medical science, the latest in evidence-based care and is constantly seeking continuing education. And Dr. Purabi is such a physician of high caliber.

Doctors have the enormous privilege of touching and changing lives. Through all the changes driven by research and public expectations, some of the art and science of medicine has endured down the ages and defines medicine as a profession, whatever a doctor’s area of practice. Dr. Purabi can make a revolution in the sector of the country’s women health care if necessary government policy support and active financial cooperation are extended to her noble initiatives which she have been carrying on silently for long.

One would be very satisfied with her services. She is a very gifted Gynecologist. Her bedside manner is very compassionate and comforting. She is very helpful in helping patients find information to educate them concerning the treatment of their conditions as well as personally reaching out to other specialty doctors to ensure that they receive a well-rounded diagnosis. Different things are important to different patients, but competency coupled with compassion is ideal in her treatments. She is extraordinarily also helpful and caring.

There is, within physicians, special breeds who have honed the uncanny ability to simply feel what is wrong with a patient, and pursue this observation appropriately. This is the breed of Dr. Purabi, a benevolent woman perhaps most famously known for being the real-life inspiration behind all patients of women’s reproductive health-care.She asserts in the tone of Dr. Abraham Verghese “I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. My intent isn’t to save the world as much as to heal myself. But in entering the profession, we must believe that ministering to others will heal our wounded-ness.”

Humans, who are occupied in the restoration of health to other women and men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of divinity, since to preserve and renew is almost as noble as to create. Ernest Hemingway said, “Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.” In nothing do humans more nearly approach God, than in giving health to them. The doctor is the servant, not master for teaching Nature. Dr. Purabi is simply like a servant to her patients.

A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more than even the whole human—she or he must view the human in his world. Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel said, “All knowledge attains its ethical value and its human significance only by the human sense with which it is employed. Only a good man or woman can be a great physician.” In fact, Dr. NowsheenSharminPurabi is a human being of morally admirable and as such, she is a physician of uppercase and major significance or importance.She is a great friend to the poor patients and sometimes, she treats her patients without any fees or with a very nominal fee.

A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more than even the whole human—she or he must view the human in his world.

“Medicine rests upon four pillars—philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. The first pillar is the philosophical knowledge of earth and water; the second, astronomy, supplies its full understanding of that which is of fiery and airy nature; the third is an adequate explanation of the properties of all the four elements—that is to say, of the whole cosmos—and an introduction into the art of their transformations; and finally, the fourth shows the physician those virtues which must stay with him up until his death, and it should support and complete the three other pillars” has correctly been spelt out by PhilippusAureolus Paracelsus. And Dr. Purabi is the physician who possesses all those qualities.

Only those who regard healing as the ultimate goal of their efforts can, therefore, be designated as physicians. Physicians are many in title but very little in reality. Dr. Purabi comes under the purview of that very few little in reality. Physicians still retain something of their priestly origin. The best physician is also a philosopher and she is like a philosopher.

There are some arts which to those that possess them are painful, but to those that use them are helpful, a common good to laymen, but to those that practise them grievous. Of such arts there is one which the Greeks call medicine. For the medical human sees terrible sights, touches unpleasant things, and the misfortunes of others bring a harvest of sorrows that are peculiarly his or her; but the sick by means of the art rid themselves of the worst of evils, disease, suffering, pain and death.“The ideal doctor would be a human endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by her or his mere presence” as spelt out by Henri-FrédéricAmiel, has been interanlised in the heart and soul of Dr. Purabi.

For a doctor “there is only one cardinal rule: one must always listen to the patient” as correctly defined by Oliver Sacks. You have chosen the most fascinating and dynamic profession there is, a profession with the highest potential for greatness, since the physician’s daily work is wrapped up in the subtle web of history. Your labours are linked with those of your colleagues who preceded you in history, and those who are now working all over the world. It is this spiritual unity with your colleagues of all periods and all countries that has made medicine so universal and eternal. For this reason, we must study and try to imitate the lives of the “Great Doctors” of history. Dr. NowsheenSharminPurabi is certainly a great and qualified physician in her field of actions in Bangladesh.

To end up, we wish to say again Allah and the Doctor we alike adore. Dr. Purabi’s achievement of her happiness is the only moral purpose of her life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of her moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of her loyalty to the achievement of her values. Without continual growth and progress, such words as, improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. Restore a woman to her health; her purse lies open to thee. To us, the ideal doctor would be a woman or a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by her or his mere presence. Each patient ought to feel somewhat the better after the physician’s visit, irrespective of the nature of the illness. “In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity. We must go through the storm to appreciate the sunshine!” as defined aright by Albert Einstein. Dr. Purabi is the sunshine; she is one of few finest gentlewomen physicians of the country. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions. Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how a physician treats other people. And Dr. Purabi treats patients in an exceptionally different way to heal them.

 

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