The word "Hamdard" belongs to the Persian language which is a combination of "Ham" and "Dard". "Ham" means a companion and "Dard" means pain. Hamdard thus means a companion in pain. Such a person is one who deeply compassionate with someone in anguish.
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The name of Hamdard will go down in history as an institution that v irtually revived and put the Tibb (or Arabic system of medicine) on the world map. Although apparently in form it is mainly a pharmaceutical manufacturing concern, has made contributions to several other fields of human endeavour. In 1906 Late Hakim Hafiz Abdul Majeed founded the HAMDARD in Delhi, India in 1906. Despite the paucity of resources, he aimed high- To preserve and promote the Eastern System of Medicine as a science. To establish the principles of pharmacy and its furtherance and standardization. To supply economically the standard pharmaceuticals; To teach and publicise principles of health, hygiene and medical science, and to serve the people selflessly have been noted that the emphasis throughout was on systemization of the Eastern or Arabic system of medicine.
At present Hamdard Bangladesh have full-flaged Industry equipped with modern machineries and now Hamdard Bangladesh engaged in production & marketing of over 200 unani medicinal products classified under pharmacopoeia of Eastern Medicine & Bangladesh National Unani Formulary as in-house trade over the counter and prescription products, as well as simple in all the possible forms.
Hamdard Bangladesh is trying to establish Research Centre for Natural products and ultimately this world grow into Univesity. For this purpose it has acquired a plot of land a Meghna Ghat near the Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge adjacent to Dhaka. Hamdard Bangladesh also acqired a plot of land at the Chittagong Hill Tracts for cultivation of medicinal herbs.
HAMDARD AND PHARMACY
The Unani System is a vast treasure house of medicines. But there was a time when treatment was mainly based on raw herbs. This was the beginning. As time passed the system made use of certain extracts,syrups, tablets, capsules, jawarishes, majoons, etc. with recognised formula. The Greek, Persian and Arab physicians rendered remarkable service to this cause. The scholars of this subcontinent too did not lag behind and their contributions can be called no less important than that of the others.
Product of Hamdard are the result of sustained research by Hamdard Laboratories and are today enjoying great faith and popularity in home and abroad.
To maintain the highest standards of manufacture Hamdard Bangladesh have set up laboratories with modern scientific equipment, run by qualified experts. From raw materials to the finished product a check is maintained at each step of manufacture.In short, every effort is made to see that a medicine from its raw form to the time it is taken by a patient does not loose its useful properties or becomes substandard.
The Managing Director of Hamdard, Hakim Md. Yousuf Haroon Bhuiyan, takes personal interest in every stage and is ever vigilant about not permitting any substandard material to be used. Even administrative, financial and economic considerations are never allowed to come in the way of maintaining the highest standard. This is the reason why Hamdard medicines are so popular in home and abroad and are used with such great trust.
Hamdard is not merely a commercial enterprise but is an institution in itself. It has dedicated itself wholeheartedly to national uplift and welfare of the people.Its entire proceeds are spent in national and international humanitarian pursuites through Hamdard Foundation Bangladesh, responsible to cary out its aims and objects.
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Hamdard brings relief to the suffering through herbs