A hospital only in name!
A Correspondent, Lalmonirhat
About 15,000 people of Angorpota-Dahogram enclave under Patgram upazila are being deprived of healthcare service.A big hospital is situated here at about 20 kilometres off Patgram upazila headquarters with only one doctor. But the doctor does not stay at the hospital as he lives at Patgram. He comes at the hospital only for a day every month. As a result patients do not get treatment facility from the hospital. The doctor has been evading his duty for the last two years, it is alleged. Moreover, the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) closes the gate of Teen Bigha corridor after 6 pm every day. Official sources said the hospital was established about 10 years ago. A Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) was given the charge of running the hospital on contract basis, but the NGO vanished two years ago. From then on the crisis started. Official sources informed that most of the inhabitants here live below the poverty line. However, the civil surgeon (CS) office sources disclosed that the hospital is yet to be enlisted under ADP. So the government is unable to take proper step to run the hospital.
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A partial view of desolate Angorpota-Dahogram hospital. About 15,000 people of the enclave under Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat district are deprived of healthcare facilities for lack of medical personnel. Photo: Star |
