In many 3rd world country the retirement age for government employees is 57 years and for university teachers 65 years.IN the United nations the retirement age is 65 years. But this does not mean that after this age people suddenly become useless and until to work.These people are an Set to society with knowledge that only experience can bring and need to feel useful and wanted in society.In the devolved countries social security is provided by the government in the form of post-retirement and old age benefits, so these people get free medical facilities and can also be economically independent.In 3rd world country, government employees are granted a pensio and there are a few facilities at the government hospitals for the old but these are hardly enough.Besides the majority of our female population do not belong to the working class.They are housewives and are not eligible for any pension or gratuity.According to the NATIONAL Bureau of statics,about 6% of the population of Bangladesh are aged people which came to about 13.3 million people in 2000.This includes male and female elderly people both from the villages and towns.These people have served their nation nation and their families through the years. IN their old age,it is their right to expect service from us in return.Their physical health has started deteriorating and they need as much care and consideration as possible.The government still does not have any system to meet the health and economic needs of this large population.We ourselves how ever must ensure that the elderly among us are respected and cared for after all, can we forget that we ourselves are going to grow old one day?
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