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Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and trustee-board member Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury said that a long life for elderly people has become a cause for their long sufferings as no system was developed in the country to keep them well.
He said that people’s average life expectancy in the country was increasing but there was neither necessary infrastructure nor the requisite policy support for ensuring a comfortable life for elderly people — both within and outside the home.
‘Gradually the average life expectancy in Bangladesh is increasing and the crisis of old-age people is also deepening,’ he said.
He offered a number of suggestions towards making old people’s life comfortable, which include a bond between them and children, their involvement in society, old people-friendly urban planning, subsidised transport fair and better medical services for them.