Morphine availability in Bangladesh: A personal account of its value

April 14, 2015

Dear Friends and Colleague

I wanted to share my friend Megans delight in being able to prescribe morphine syrup to a small baby !

She thanked us and I would like to thank IPPSG for enabling us with the knowledge and support towards this giant step forward

Also would like to thank my mentor Dr. Eric Krakauer , Dr. Jim Cleary ,Prof. Nizamuddin , co- fellow Dr. Farzana Khan , The pharmaceutical Unimed and Unihealth its Chairman Mr. Mosaddek Hossain .

Also wish to thank LDI to help exercise our skills and maximize our potential . It’s was a dream and now it’s a reality .

We shall keep trying to improve the quality of life of people of Bangladesh .

Thank you for all your support .

Warm Regards
Rumana
Dr. Rumana Dowla
Palliative physician
Chairperson
Bangladesh Palliative And Supportive Care Foundation

Begin forwarded message:
From: Megan Doherty
Date: April 14, 2015 at 8:53:13 AM GMT+6
To: Rumana Dowla
Subject: Morphine Syrup
Here I am with the morphine delivery last Thursday! So excited to use it. Yesterday I was able to treat pain in a small baby (10kg) because I had morphine syrup.

thanks for all your work to get this available!
Megan

Megan Doherty, MD FRCPC (Pediatrics)
Practicing in Pediatric Palliative Care
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario/Roger’s House

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