Ahsanul Amin Georege, Khulna :
Three Government hospitals of Khulna are limping with manifold problems including acute shortage of doctors, staffs, medicines and logistics, much to the sufferings of the patients amid the ongoing cold wave.
As cold wave is sweeping through the southern region, cold related diseases including diarrhoea, pneumonia and respiratory diseases have broken out, affecting particularly the children and elderly people.
The hospitals are Khulna General Hospital, Khulna Medical college Hospital and Sheikh Abu Naser specialized hospital, running with severe crisis of physicians, staffs and medicines and other logistics since long. As a result, around 16 lakh Khulna inhabitants have been depriving of health service.
Despite, the declaration of 500 beds of Khulna Medical college hospital, manpower was not increased in the hospital. A total of 426 posts are lying vacant, against 760 posts in Khulna Medical college hospital.
Sources said, Khulna Medical college hospital was established on January 18, 1989 at city’s Boyra area when it was a 250 bed hospital. Later, on July 1, 2008 the hospital was approved as 500 beds are. But no touching of modernization was set at this hospital. Shortage of doctors, staffs , medicines and logistics, negligence of duty of doctors and other staffs have been hampering the health service to the patients.
The condition of Khulna General hospital is more miserable, comprising with 150 beds this hospital has been also suffering from manpower crisis. A total of 180 posts are in the hospital. Patients are depriving of getting treatment due to lack of logistic supports.
Another government hospital named Sheikh Abu Naser Specialized Hospital was established on March 30, 2010 with 75 beds. This hospital was scheduled to be 250 bed. But at present it has only 75 beds. From the very beginning it has been running with the crisis of manpower. Only 279 posts were approved in spite of the fact that 1243 posts were proposed. Recently 165 posts were created for ICU, Burn, Plastic Surgery and some other units.
Abu Naser Hospital authorities said, at least 800 employees including doctors, nurses officers and staffs are required to conduct the hospital as a full-fledged one.
During a recent visit to Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital, this correspondent talked to Abdur Razzak,52 of city’s Goalkhali area who took his elder wife Hafiza Begum ,44 for treatment in this hospital, but hospital authorities could not give her any bed and suggested to take treatment by keeping her in the corridor.
Sadia Zaman, 32 another guardian of the patient Shuvo, 9, told this correspondent that the behaviors of emergency doctors of Abu Naser Hospital are not good at all.
Analysts think, if beds of Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital (named after the uncle of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina) would be increased, Khulna inhabitants would have got health service well.
This correspondent also visited Khulna Medical college hospital and Khulna general hospital where he found the patients lying on hospital corridors as the authorities could not provide beds for the patients. As a result the patients are groaning in the present cold days.
Sources Said, Doctors of all the three government hospitals are allegedly busy for making money by private practice at different private clinics in the city. They can’t spend enough time for the patients of the hospitals. Due to their negligence patients are depriving of getting proper treatment. Some doctors often go to Dhaka for earning much more money by private practice, alleged Sources.
Admitting the acute shortage of doctors, staffs and other logistics, Health Director of Khulna division Dr. Raoshan Anwar told the journalists that they have already informed the higher authorities about the matter and they expected that the problems would be solved within short time.
The above-mentioned hospitals have not yet freed from brokers syndicates, besides, medicine selling illegally from the hospitals are going on unabated, it is alleged. Mean while, a mobile court fined a drug shop at city’s Heraj market where medicines were allegedly bought from KMCH store.
Three Government hospitals of Khulna are limping with manifold problems including acute shortage of doctors, staffs, medicines and logistics, much to the sufferings of the patients amid the ongoing cold wave.
As cold wave is sweeping through the southern region, cold related diseases including diarrhoea, pneumonia and respiratory diseases have broken out, affecting particularly the children and elderly people.
The hospitals are Khulna General Hospital, Khulna Medical college Hospital and Sheikh Abu Naser specialized hospital, running with severe crisis of physicians, staffs and medicines and other logistics since long. As a result, around 16 lakh Khulna inhabitants have been depriving of health service.
Despite, the declaration of 500 beds of Khulna Medical college hospital, manpower was not increased in the hospital. A total of 426 posts are lying vacant, against 760 posts in Khulna Medical college hospital.
Sources said, Khulna Medical college hospital was established on January 18, 1989 at city’s Boyra area when it was a 250 bed hospital. Later, on July 1, 2008 the hospital was approved as 500 beds are. But no touching of modernization was set at this hospital. Shortage of doctors, staffs , medicines and logistics, negligence of duty of doctors and other staffs have been hampering the health service to the patients.
The condition of Khulna General hospital is more miserable, comprising with 150 beds this hospital has been also suffering from manpower crisis. A total of 180 posts are in the hospital. Patients are depriving of getting treatment due to lack of logistic supports.
Another government hospital named Sheikh Abu Naser Specialized Hospital was established on March 30, 2010 with 75 beds. This hospital was scheduled to be 250 bed. But at present it has only 75 beds. From the very beginning it has been running with the crisis of manpower. Only 279 posts were approved in spite of the fact that 1243 posts were proposed. Recently 165 posts were created for ICU, Burn, Plastic Surgery and some other units.
Abu Naser Hospital authorities said, at least 800 employees including doctors, nurses officers and staffs are required to conduct the hospital as a full-fledged one.
During a recent visit to Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital, this correspondent talked to Abdur Razzak,52 of city’s Goalkhali area who took his elder wife Hafiza Begum ,44 for treatment in this hospital, but hospital authorities could not give her any bed and suggested to take treatment by keeping her in the corridor.
Sadia Zaman, 32 another guardian of the patient Shuvo, 9, told this correspondent that the behaviors of emergency doctors of Abu Naser Hospital are not good at all.
Analysts think, if beds of Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital (named after the uncle of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina) would be increased, Khulna inhabitants would have got health service well.
This correspondent also visited Khulna Medical college hospital and Khulna general hospital where he found the patients lying on hospital corridors as the authorities could not provide beds for the patients. As a result the patients are groaning in the present cold days.
Sources Said, Doctors of all the three government hospitals are allegedly busy for making money by private practice at different private clinics in the city. They can’t spend enough time for the patients of the hospitals. Due to their negligence patients are depriving of getting proper treatment. Some doctors often go to Dhaka for earning much more money by private practice, alleged Sources.
Admitting the acute shortage of doctors, staffs and other logistics, Health Director of Khulna division Dr. Raoshan Anwar told the journalists that they have already informed the higher authorities about the matter and they expected that the problems would be solved within short time.
The above-mentioned hospitals have not yet freed from brokers syndicates, besides, medicine selling illegally from the hospitals are going on unabated, it is alleged. Mean while, a mobile court fined a drug shop at city’s Heraj market where medicines were allegedly bought from KMCH store.
