Burma Human Rights Network’s report: “We also have dreams”
serious events. It would also be significantly beneficial for NGOs and Bangladesh to coordinate
training and hiring programs for Rohingya to become medical workers within the camps. Programs
that could train Rohingya to become medical aides, midwives, or even nurses, could help reduce
some of the dependency on NGOs and provide employment for a number of residents inside the
camps.
“I got a pain in my stomach following my arrival here from Myanmar. Because of that pain
I was not able to eat anything, so I went to a Turkish hospital (NGO) for a consultation. But it wasn't
diagnosed by them(doctors), though I went to them about three times. When I went to them the last
time, they found that it was a stone inside my stomach as they checked me carefully. I was told that
the operation for that stone couldn’t be done there and I was also told to go outside of the camps for
surgery. After hearing that, I became so disappointed as many hospitals of different NGOs are here
with a lot of funds, but we can’t manage to get access for our surgery and we have to go outside of
the camps for any surgery. The stone had to be taken out by incising my stomach in surgery after
going to Cox’s Bazar, and I had to spend my money. So, I didn’t get support here.” A 28-year-old man
told BHRN.
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