Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad
স্বাধীনতা চিকিৎসক পরিষদ
AbbreviationSWACHIP
Formation24 December 1993 (1993-12-24)
TypeProfessional organisation
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Membership
13000
President
Dr. Jamal Uddin Chowdhury
General Secretary
Professor Dr. Md. Kamrul Hasan Milon
Parent organization
Bangladesh Awami League
Websiteswachip.org

Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad (Bengali: 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 general secretary of the organisation since 2015.[1][2]

History

SWACHIP was formed on 24 December 1993 as a retaliation to formation of Doctors' Association of Bangladesh (DAB), a pro-BNP organisation.[3] Prof. M A Qadri was made president and Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin was the secretary. In 2003, in its national conference Prof. AFM Ruhal Haque and Prof. M Iqbal Arslan was elected as president and secretary respectively. In 2015, M Iqbal Arslan was electes as president while M A Aziz was elected as secretary general of the organisation.[4][5][6]

In 2016, The Daily Star published a report that alleged a syndicate of SWACHIP at National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital were prescribing expensive lenses in return for commission for doctors.[7] In 2020, SWACHIP and Bangladesh Medical Association demanded the appointment of doctor as head of Central Medical Stores Depot. They criticized the appointment of a administration cadre from the civil service in the post.[8]

Organisation

According to SWACHIP's constitution, a committee is elected for two-year term by a national conference. But only four national conferences had been held since SWACHIP's inception.[9] SWACHIP also has institutional and regional branches all over the country. 151 members form the central committee of SWACHIP.[6] It has more than 13000 members all over the country.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "SWACHIP president Iqbal, Secy Gen Aziz". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. ↑ "Arslan made president, Aziz secy general". banglanews24.com. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  3. ↑ "Pro-govt doctors' forum Swachip goes to council Friday, after 12 years". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  4. ↑ "Swachip to hold council today". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  5. ↑ "Arslan, Aziz chosen to lead pro-Awami League doctors' forum Swachip". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  6. 1 2 "New office-bearers of Swachip". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  7. ↑ "Medicare costly for doctors' syndicate". The Daily Star. 2016-06-26. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  8. ↑ Correspondent, Senior; bdnews24.com. "BMA, SWACHIP demand a doctor as CMSD director". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ সময়মতো সম্মেলন হয় না আ.লীগের সহযোগী সংগঠনগুলোর. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  10. ↑ "Pro-Awami League doctors' forum Swachip waiting for Hasina's decision to pick new leaders". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
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