Sylhet Correspondent :
The huge medical waste produced by the public hospitals in the Sylhet is causing serious health concerns for patients and general people due to lack of proper management of these harmful and often infectious wastes.
Health experts said the wastes generated at hospitals could spread infectious and other diseases if left untreated and many patients become more vulnerable to health risks at public hospitals because for poor management of hospital wastes. During visits to Sylhet M A G Osmani Medical College Hospital, Northest Medical College Hospital this correspondent found that disposal of medical wastes is being poorly managed at those public hospitals.
Clinical waste and blood-soaked materials were seen on the surface drainage system, toilets and open spaces of Osmani Medical College and Hospital. Bad odors from those wastes were creating an unhygienic atmosphere for the patients and their relatives at the hospital.
Aklima Akter , 54, from Kamal Bazar , told this correspondent that she has been receiving treatment for abdominal pain for last seven days and she saw blood-soaked cotton, gauge, used syringes being dumped in toilets and other open spaces of the hospital.
I am frequently getting bad odors, which is making me feel vomiting all the time, she said.
During a visit toNorthest And Ragib Rabeya Medical collage , this reporter observed the same situation.
Abul Miah from Boroikandi told this correspondent that he remained hospitalized for the last seven days for cardiac problems, and he has seen that blood-soaked cotton and used syringes are dumped in toilets and other open spaces of the public hospital.
Brigadier Gen Abdur sobur miah , director of Osmani Medical College Hospital, told that All types of waste are being thrown into separate colored bins at every ward and floor. The waste is later transported to designated area for disinfection, disposal and for safe dumping,
25,700 poor farmers get incentive for
farming Aus varieties
Distribution of Tk 3,45,66,500 incentive among the poor farmers in Sylhet division has completed to help them cultivate high yielding varieties of Aus paddy during the ongoing Kharif-1 season, official sources informed.
The amount is being spent for seed, fertilisers and in irrigation assistances. Besides, separate amount would be given for clearing weeds. A total of 25,700 farmers are brought under the programme.
Krishna Chandra Hore, additional director of DAE, Sylhet division, said under the special incentive programme around 25,700 bighas of land would be cultivated this year. It includes, 8700 bighas in each of Sylhet and Habiganj while 8300 bighas in Moulvibazar.
For each bigha of land a farmer was supplied with 5.0 kg of seed, 20 kg of Urea, 10 kg of DAP, 10 kg of Murate of Potash fertilisers, the source informed.
Besides, Tk 5.21 million is being spent in incentive for the 2700 farmers in the said districts for cultivating Nerika paddy during the season, said Dr Mamun Ur Rashid, deputy director of DAE.
It includes, Tk 0.8 million for each of Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts and Tk 3.4 million for Habiganj.
The amount has already been spent for seed, fertilisers, irrigation assistances and for clearing weeds. Under the programme 2700 bighas of land would be cultivated. It includes, 450 bighas in each of Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts while 1800 bighas in Habiganj.
In addition to transportation cost, the farmers were given 10 kg of Nerika paddy seed, 20 kg of Urea, 10 kg of DAP, 10 kg of Mop fertilisers and irrigation assistance money for one bigha land, the official added.
The huge medical waste produced by the public hospitals in the Sylhet is causing serious health concerns for patients and general people due to lack of proper management of these harmful and often infectious wastes.
Health experts said the wastes generated at hospitals could spread infectious and other diseases if left untreated and many patients become more vulnerable to health risks at public hospitals because for poor management of hospital wastes. During visits to Sylhet M A G Osmani Medical College Hospital, Northest Medical College Hospital this correspondent found that disposal of medical wastes is being poorly managed at those public hospitals.
Clinical waste and blood-soaked materials were seen on the surface drainage system, toilets and open spaces of Osmani Medical College and Hospital. Bad odors from those wastes were creating an unhygienic atmosphere for the patients and their relatives at the hospital.
Aklima Akter , 54, from Kamal Bazar , told this correspondent that she has been receiving treatment for abdominal pain for last seven days and she saw blood-soaked cotton, gauge, used syringes being dumped in toilets and other open spaces of the hospital.
I am frequently getting bad odors, which is making me feel vomiting all the time, she said.
During a visit toNorthest And Ragib Rabeya Medical collage , this reporter observed the same situation.
Abul Miah from Boroikandi told this correspondent that he remained hospitalized for the last seven days for cardiac problems, and he has seen that blood-soaked cotton and used syringes are dumped in toilets and other open spaces of the public hospital.
Brigadier Gen Abdur sobur miah , director of Osmani Medical College Hospital, told that All types of waste are being thrown into separate colored bins at every ward and floor. The waste is later transported to designated area for disinfection, disposal and for safe dumping,
25,700 poor farmers get incentive for
farming Aus varieties
Distribution of Tk 3,45,66,500 incentive among the poor farmers in Sylhet division has completed to help them cultivate high yielding varieties of Aus paddy during the ongoing Kharif-1 season, official sources informed.
The amount is being spent for seed, fertilisers and in irrigation assistances. Besides, separate amount would be given for clearing weeds. A total of 25,700 farmers are brought under the programme.
Krishna Chandra Hore, additional director of DAE, Sylhet division, said under the special incentive programme around 25,700 bighas of land would be cultivated this year. It includes, 8700 bighas in each of Sylhet and Habiganj while 8300 bighas in Moulvibazar.
For each bigha of land a farmer was supplied with 5.0 kg of seed, 20 kg of Urea, 10 kg of DAP, 10 kg of Murate of Potash fertilisers, the source informed.
Besides, Tk 5.21 million is being spent in incentive for the 2700 farmers in the said districts for cultivating Nerika paddy during the season, said Dr Mamun Ur Rashid, deputy director of DAE.
It includes, Tk 0.8 million for each of Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts and Tk 3.4 million for Habiganj.
The amount has already been spent for seed, fertilisers, irrigation assistances and for clearing weeds. Under the programme 2700 bighas of land would be cultivated. It includes, 450 bighas in each of Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts while 1800 bighas in Habiganj.
In addition to transportation cost, the farmers were given 10 kg of Nerika paddy seed, 20 kg of Urea, 10 kg of DAP, 10 kg of Mop fertilisers and irrigation assistance money for one bigha land, the official added.
