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There are complaints about existing facilities of dialysis too. The patient has to take dialysis at home for about four hours. Sometime nurses are not available immediately if there is any problem during this time. It has been alleged that the dialysis unit of the hospital is not cleaned regularly.
Hospitals dedicated for coronavirus treatment have only 250 ventilators. Some of them are not being used due to shortage of accessories and manpower. There is also a shortage of manpower in the ICU units.
In addition to that, there is no dialysis treatment for coronavirus patients outside the capital, according to the concerned officials of the integrated control room of the health directorate and several hospitals.
According to the World Health Organization, 15 per cent of the total coronavirus patients have acute symptoms of which 5 per cent patients have complicated symptoms.
Many of these 20 per cent need ventilators in addition to ICU services. Patients with severe kidney problems may need dialysis. Shortage of ICU beds, ventilators and dialysis is now a global problem. Bangladesh is no exception.
However, these services and instruments are not being used to the maximum in the hospitals designated for coronavirus in Bangladesh. But public health experts say some problems can be easily solved.
Additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Nasima Sultana admitted that there are some issues with ICU, ventilator and dialysis.
“All the ICU beds or ventilators won’t be used due to lack of some accessories or equipment. In some cases, there is also a shortage of manpower. However, efforts are being made to address these issues,” she said.
There are complaints about existing facilities of dialysis too. The patient has to take dialysis at home for about four hours. Sometime nurses are not available immediately if there is any problem during this time. It has been alleged that the dialysis unit of the hospital is not cleaned regularly.
Hospitals dedicated for coronavirus treatment have only 250 ventilators. Some of them are not being used due to shortage of accessories and manpower. There is also a shortage of manpower in the ICU units.
In addition to that, there is no dialysis treatment for coronavirus patients outside the capital, according to the concerned officials of the integrated control room of the health directorate and several hospitals.
According to the World Health Organization, 15 per cent of the total coronavirus patients have acute symptoms of which 5 per cent patients have complicated symptoms.
Many of these 20 per cent need ventilators in addition to ICU services. Patients with severe kidney problems may need dialysis. Shortage of ICU beds, ventilators and dialysis is now a global problem. Bangladesh is no exception.
However, these services and instruments are not being used to the maximum in the hospitals designated for coronavirus in Bangladesh. But public health experts say some problems can be easily solved.
Additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Nasima Sultana admitted that there are some issues with ICU, ventilator and dialysis.
“All the ICU beds or ventilators won’t be used due to lack of some accessories or equipment. In some cases, there is also a shortage of manpower. However, efforts are being made to address these issues,” she said.
