Hospital care in dire condition
Your editorial “Hospital care during Eid holidays” published on July 22 should be an eye-opener to the healthcare authority of Bangladesh. Government medical colleges as well as private healthcare places have little or no professional ethics or code of conduct. Mismanagement is rampant. Post-operative care is horrifying and beyond imagination. To make space for the next incoming post-operative patient, doctors often release the existing post-operative patient from the ICU and send him/her to the cabin, even when they know that the patient is still not out of danger. My uncle, who underwent a simple hernia operation at a private clinic in the city, later succumbed to untimely death due to severe negligence. Only the sufferer knows how it feels when you lose someone due to severe negligence. It's a shame. Doctors are supposed to render selfless service to the humanity; rather they are found doing unscrupulous business in the name of healthcare. Government should act strictly to run an efficient medical institution. Hope the health ministry is listening!
Aeman T Rasul
Richmond, VA, USA
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