Dhaka, April 15 -- Basic healthcare remains a neglected reality for vulnerable, climate-affected and isolated coastal char communities, speakers said at a press conference in Dhaka on Wednesday, stressing that ensuring healthcare protection for these marginalised populations is now a matter of fundamental justice.

They noted that char dwellers are facing a "double crisis"- the impacts of climate change and a severe lack of healthcare services - warning that in such remote areas, where survival is a daily struggle, development will remain merely statistical unless it brings tangible change.

"Health for all" cannot remain just a slogan, they said, urging concrete action in this regard.

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