Khulna Correspondent :
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 diarriha, 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 are depriving of health service.
Despite, the declaration of 500 bed 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 citys Boyra area when it was a 250 bed hospital. Later, on July 1, 2008 the hospital was approved as 500 bed 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 are hampering the health service to the patients.
The condition of Khulna General hospital is more miserable, comprising with 150 bed this hospital is also suffering from manpower crisis. A total of 180 posts 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 bed. 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 Rafuqul Islam, 40 of citys Khalishpur area who took his elder brother Shahidul Islam, 65 for treatment in this hospital, but hospital authorities could not give him any bed and suggested to take treatment by keeping him in the corridor.
Ragela Begum, 32 another guardian of the patient Ratul, 8, told this correspondent that the behaviors of emergency doctors of Abu Naser hospital are not good at all.
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.
