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Doctors in insecurity at Chandpur Government General Hospital. In the absence of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect against the Coronavirus, there are two and a half, hundred-bed Chandpur Government General Hospital outpatient and indoor doctors. Every day, hundreds of ordinary people are being treated at a major healthcare center in the district, but doctors have not been given any special clothing to protect the coronavirus.
However, it has been observed that hundreds of patients rush to get medical treatment for various diseases every day, both outdoor and indoor. Outdoor patients collect tickets whose doctors show different, different ways. Therefore, there is an increased risk of seeing outdoor patients.
For the past few days, hospital visits have shown that doctors in the hospital’s outdoor and indoor hospitals, who regularly serve patients daily, have no special clothing to wear on their bodies. Where these doctors are supposed to be given Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). There they see a regular patient only after wearing a normal dress, using a mask they have bought for their money.
According to reports, the victim of the deadly coronavirus has been identified, but doctors of the hospital in the district have not been given any masks or special clothing for their own safety. Not only the doctors, but also the nurses working in the hospital for health care, Brother also did not get Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for security. Therefore, if the doctor and nurses intimidate a coronavirus patient at the government hospital, any person involved in health care, including doctors and nurses, is at risk of getting corneal disease due to lack of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Since then, there has been a huge crowd of patients on the outskirts of Chandpur Government General Hospital. In the last few days, the crowd has passed the news to the patients. Most of the patients in the outdoors have come to the hospital for treatment due to fever, cold, cough, and headache.
However, after talking to the hospital responsible doctors, it was reported that most of the patients came to see a doctor with fever, cold cough and fear. A patient does not follow the instruction of awareness. So the doctors and nurses are at risk.
Talking to the resident medical officer (RMO) of the Chandpur Government Hospital, Dr Mohammad Asibul Ahsan Chowdhury, he said, “We have confirmed today the glips, masks and, in particular, the purification OT dresses (used in the operation theater) for the doctors. We have PPE today, more will be coming in phases in the future. The doctors will get it tomorrow. For their safety, you should read them daily and perform their duties. They will come to the hospital after reading the OT dress and keep it open the next day after reading the new OT dress.
Correspondent: Kobir Hossain Mizi, March 22,2020
