Bogra Zia hospital needs care
Patients in Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) in Bogra are deprived of proper treatment as the hospital has been suffering from shortage of manpower, accommodation problem and inadequate allocation for medicines since its opening in 2006.
On an average, the emergency department has to arrange treatment of 1000 outdoor patients but there is no allocation for medicines for them, said SZMCH Deputy Director Dr AYM Fazley Rashid.
Against arrangement for 500 people, 650 admitted patients take indoor treatment everyday, he added.
Of a total of 967 posts, 255 have been lying vacant for a long time, hospital sources said.
The vacant posts include that of 151 senior nurses, 36 first class officials including four resident medical officers, two senior store officers, eleven assistant registrars and one assistant director.
Some other vital posts including that of the administrative officer and accounts officer are also lying vacant for a long time although the hospital authorities sent several letters requesting the ministry concerned to fill up the posts.
Accommodation problem forces a good number of admitted patients to stay on the floor.
“My 2-year-old son Siraj was admitted to the hospital on September 10 but he was kept on the floor. A doctor examined him after 17 hours of admission,” said Md Sohag of Bairadighi village in Sariakandi upazila of Bogra district.
Swati, 24 wife of Md Shamsul Haque of Khandokertola village in Sherpur upazila of Bogra district, was admitted to the same hospital on September 10 and she was examined after 15 hours of admission, said her brother.
Treatment and nursing of patients is hampered as the hospital has to arrange treatment for additional 150 indoor patients, said hospital officials.
The 500-bed hospital was established at Silimpur on the outskirts of Bogra town at a cost of Tk 221 crore under a special project during BNP-led four-party alliance government.
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