{"id":7764,"date":"2018-02-15T13:34:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T12:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austrian-doctors.at\/?p=7764"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:19:34","slug":"dr-christian-gross-on-assignment-the-true-treasure-of-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austrian-doctors.at\/en\/dr-christian-gross-on-assignment-the-true-treasure-of-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Christian Gross on assignment: &#8220;The true treasure of Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7764\" class=\"elementor elementor-7764 elementor-1859\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c507ad6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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flooding&#8230;&#8221;. <\/p><p>And by then I had already landed in Chittagong, the port city with a population of 4 million, and at first these predictions seemed to come true, only there were no floods, it was the dry season.<\/p><p>My time in Bangladesh was then not only physically but &#8211; with all that I experienced &#8211; mentally quite stressful.<\/p><p>However, much was soon made up for by the true treasure of this country: witnessing the strength of the people&#8217;s will to survive, their unbiased curiosity and overwhelming hospitality towards us visitors.<\/p><p>As everywhere, the living conditions in the slums where we work are oppressive, and the physical and mental complaints and illnesses are their direct consequences.<\/p><p>Almost all of the patients are rickshaw workers, garment factory workers, housemaids and day laborers or without any income and many have never attended school.<\/p><p>We can help many people medically in our two slum outpatient clinics (a 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