Reza Mahmud :
Dhaka National Medical Institute Hospital (DNMIH) in Old Dhaka is struggling to cope with a huge number of patients due to poor allocation of fund from the government.
“Everyday, around one thousand patients come to the hospital to take medical services in our out door. In the time of dengue outbreak, the numbers of patent were around 1500 each day. Almost all of our cabins and beds are full regularly,” Dr. AKM Nur Nabi, Deputy Director of the hospital told The New Nation.
He said that 40 per cent of the admitted patients get medical services free of cost, including food.
“But the allocation of the hospital is inadequate than it currently requires.”
The autonomous status hospital is allotted Tk 9 crore annually from the government whereas currently it needs Tk 15 crore cope with the increasing number of patients, the deputy director said.
Sources said, the huge number of people from different areas, including Sadarghat, Banglabazar, Johnson Road, Luxmibazar, Shakharibazar, Royshahebbazar, Patuatuli, Sutrapur, Ekrampur, Gandaria, and a large portion from Keraniganj upazila on the other site of the bank of Buriganga are mostly dependent on the hospital for their medical treatment.
The 354-bed hospital situated at Johnson Road in Old Dhaka. It hospital has 129 doctors, 113 nurses, and 48 cabins.
The hospital has two X-ray machines. But has not any CT scan or MRI equipment yet. Doctors from the hospital said most of the patients come to get health services from the hospital are poor. So, it needs such medical equipment immediately.
Officials of the hospital said the hospital needs about 60 more nurses, but could not appoint for long due to shortage of fund allocation.
When contacted Md. Asadul Islam, Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, told The New Nation, “An application of the DNMIH has been submitted to the ministry seeking increase its allocation.”
He said that they would re-assess the allocation of the hospital after scrutinising the matter properly.
On Thursday, it was found that hundreds of patients and their attendants gathered in the hospital to take medical treatment.
Sumona, one of the attendants of a patient of gallbladder stone said, frequently they come to the hospital for medical treatment for different relatives. “We are happy with the treatment here,” she said.
The most other patients and their relatives also expressed similar happiness over the medical treatment of the hospital.
Nevertheless, one of attendants of a critically sick female patient said that their patient has not recovered and they are transferring her to another hospital on the day.
The DNMIH was established in 1925 as a part of non-cooperation movement of the Indian Sub-Continent against the British colonial rule, organized jointly by the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League.
In 1971, during the Liberation war of Bangladesh, the Dhaka National Medical Institute Hospital was a safe shelter for the Freedom Fighters.
Just after the liberation of Bangladesh in 1972 the hospital condition was on the edge of collapse due to financial crisis and absence of any Administrative Body as the previous governing body and the trustee board of the institute were absent.
Then the government of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had formed an Administrative Body and granted fund to operate of the hospital.
A rule made by government for the DNMIH said that a Management Board will run it which will be formed for every three years.
A yearly financial grant will also to be allotted for the hospital according to the need assessed by the Ministry Health and Family Welfare.
Dhaka National Medical Institute Hospital (DNMIH) in Old Dhaka is struggling to cope with a huge number of patients due to poor allocation of fund from the government.
“Everyday, around one thousand patients come to the hospital to take medical services in our out door. In the time of dengue outbreak, the numbers of patent were around 1500 each day. Almost all of our cabins and beds are full regularly,” Dr. AKM Nur Nabi, Deputy Director of the hospital told The New Nation.
He said that 40 per cent of the admitted patients get medical services free of cost, including food.
“But the allocation of the hospital is inadequate than it currently requires.”
The autonomous status hospital is allotted Tk 9 crore annually from the government whereas currently it needs Tk 15 crore cope with the increasing number of patients, the deputy director said.
Sources said, the huge number of people from different areas, including Sadarghat, Banglabazar, Johnson Road, Luxmibazar, Shakharibazar, Royshahebbazar, Patuatuli, Sutrapur, Ekrampur, Gandaria, and a large portion from Keraniganj upazila on the other site of the bank of Buriganga are mostly dependent on the hospital for their medical treatment.
The 354-bed hospital situated at Johnson Road in Old Dhaka. It hospital has 129 doctors, 113 nurses, and 48 cabins.
The hospital has two X-ray machines. But has not any CT scan or MRI equipment yet. Doctors from the hospital said most of the patients come to get health services from the hospital are poor. So, it needs such medical equipment immediately.
Officials of the hospital said the hospital needs about 60 more nurses, but could not appoint for long due to shortage of fund allocation.
When contacted Md. Asadul Islam, Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, told The New Nation, “An application of the DNMIH has been submitted to the ministry seeking increase its allocation.”
He said that they would re-assess the allocation of the hospital after scrutinising the matter properly.
On Thursday, it was found that hundreds of patients and their attendants gathered in the hospital to take medical treatment.
Sumona, one of the attendants of a patient of gallbladder stone said, frequently they come to the hospital for medical treatment for different relatives. “We are happy with the treatment here,” she said.
The most other patients and their relatives also expressed similar happiness over the medical treatment of the hospital.
Nevertheless, one of attendants of a critically sick female patient said that their patient has not recovered and they are transferring her to another hospital on the day.
The DNMIH was established in 1925 as a part of non-cooperation movement of the Indian Sub-Continent against the British colonial rule, organized jointly by the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League.
In 1971, during the Liberation war of Bangladesh, the Dhaka National Medical Institute Hospital was a safe shelter for the Freedom Fighters.
Just after the liberation of Bangladesh in 1972 the hospital condition was on the edge of collapse due to financial crisis and absence of any Administrative Body as the previous governing body and the trustee board of the institute were absent.
Then the government of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had formed an Administrative Body and granted fund to operate of the hospital.
A rule made by government for the DNMIH said that a Management Board will run it which will be formed for every three years.
A yearly financial grant will also to be allotted for the hospital according to the need assessed by the Ministry Health and Family Welfare.
