Médecins Sans Frontières - ITW_AZIZUR RAHMAN

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB77872

Date taken / Date Recorded 20/05/2021 3:41 PM

Country Bangladesh

Commissioning section MSF-FRANCE

Photographer / videographer / producer Pau Miranda

Copyright Pau Miranda/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m0s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 197.45 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Azizur Rahman
Rohingya refugee
Hospital on the Hill

When I came to this country, I couldn’t afford to buy medicines. I couldn’t afford it even in Myanmar. We had to leave our home and we lost all our money. To get decent treatment, I’d have to travel to Chittagong and it would cost 20,000 to 30,000 taka. I don’t have any income. Everything went up in flames in Myanmar. But a year ago, when I heard from neighbours about this hospital, I started coming here.

I am on treatment for diabetes and hypertension.

My wife and I both get medication for non-communicable diseases from this hospital. She’s coming for her follow-up appointment in a few days. These medicines help us a lot and we are thankful for them.

There are little difficulties but it’s much better here than when we lived in Myanmar. Everyone experiences difficulties when they live together in a crowded place, but we are thankful to this country, its people and the government for giving us a place to stay.

Now we hope and think about how we can return to our land and receive basic human rights.

We escaped here and have been surviving here for the past couple of years and receiving all the things we need, like food. Moving elsewhere could be dangerous for us. I’d prefer to return to our country instead of moving somewhere else.

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