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One chowkider liable for law, order situation of 6 villages

From Our Correspondent
BARISAL. June 27 There are about 14.000 chowkider* (village police) for about 85,650 villages of the district.
According to a statistics, one chowkider is to look after the law and order situation of six villages
The chowkiders arc responsible for the law and order situation of the villages. They are to Identify the criminals In villages and. help the thana police personnel lo arrest Ihc accuses In various cases of the area. Besides, they have to dis charge other duties In connection with the performance of the Union Parishads. They are also found moving door to door to collect the taxes
The salary of a village chowkider is only Taka five hundred of which 50 per cent are paid by the government and the rest amount comes from the fund of the union pa rishad
These people can not meet their both ends with the poor amount. Consequently, they arc to pass unhuman life
TB hospital in pitiable condition
The only TH hospital for the people of six southern districts In Barisal Is beset with mani fold problems
From the establishment of
this hospital, nothing has been done citable for the develop men! of the hospital
Duc to absence of necessary medicare Including doctor, nurse, sweeper, technician. X-ray films, patients are practically being depraved of proper treatment In this 20-beded hospital.
The malnutrition of the people of the region Including the TB patients are gradually Increasing every year
There are only two doctors and one technician for testing blood, cough and other things of the patients In the hospital
The environment of Ihe hospital Is dirty. Toilets Including beds and other places meant for the use of the patients are. not at all clean. It Is Informed that the beds, mosquito nets and other arU-clcs for Ihe patients are not being ekaved regularly.
Necessary medicine arc not being supplied to the patients. Date expired X-ray films are frequently being used In the hospital, It la learnt
According to a hospital source, concerned authority is always reluctant to the development of treatment for the patients Including the expansion of the hospital which is urgently needed.
The hospital source disclosed that about 20 persons Including eight female patients died during last fifteen months In this hospital. During this time. 256 Including 58 female TB patients got admission In this hospital
It Is gathered that about 20,000 persona were affected by tuberculosis during last two years. Death figures will not be less than one hundred
A lOO-bed TB hospital should Immediately be sei up In Barisal to save thousand of people as TH patients are in creasing alarmingly In these southern districts