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Breakdown in healthcare services in Khulna Div, admits Director

From Atiur Rahman
JESSORE, May 17 : "There has been serious breakdown in the healthcare services in general hospitals and thana health complexes in the districts of Khulna division." admitted Dr Md Murid All. Director of Health, Khulna Division. He identified shortage of physicians as number one cause of the problem.
In an interview with the Dally star Dr All disclose that 260 posts of doctors in different hospitals and thana health complexes in 10 districts of Khulna division are lying vacant for long affecting medical services.
As such patients, who are generally unable to afford expensive visiting fees at the doors of 'private' practitioners, are the worst victims. Negligence in taking appropriate measures to fill up the gaps has worsened the scene throwing thousands of patients seeking medical treatment into total disarray.
According to sources, 12 posts of senior consultants (SC), three posts of junior consultants (JC). 27 posts of junior consultants in anesthesia at thana level. 38 posts of assistant dental surgeon (ADS). 16
posts of medicine specialist, nine posts of surgery specialist, 18 posts of gynecologist. 128 posts of medical officer (MO) and seven posts of thana family planning officers (TFO) are vacant in different general hospitals and thana health complexes in this division.
Giving detail picture of the position of physicians’ vacancies in the division, he said that in Jessore, 2 posts of JC at thana level. 8 posts of MO. 4 posts of ADS, 2 posts of medicine specialist one post of surgery specialist are lying vacant.
In Jenidah, 2 posts of SC, 3 posts of JC at tnana level, 8 posts of MO. 5 posts of ADS, one post of gyne are vacant.
In Magura, 8 posts of MO, 2 posts of ADS, 3 posts of gyne. one post of SC, 4 posts of JC at thana level are vacant.
In Narail. one post of JC, 3 posts of SC, one post of JC at thana ievel are vacant.
In Khulna, 4 posts of JC at thana level. 18 posts of MO. 4 posts of ADS, 2 posts of medicine specialist, 2 posts of surgery special. 3 posts of gyne are vacant.
In Bagerhat, 20 posts of MO.
8 posts of ADS. 4 posts of medicine specialist. 4 posts of gyne, one post of surgery specialist, one post of SC. 5 posts of JC at thana level are vacant.
In Satkhira, 2 posts of SC. 4 posts of JC at thana level, 10 posts of MO. 5 posts of ADS. 3 posts of medicine specialist, one post in surgery specialist and 2 posts of gyne are vacant.
In Kushtia. 2 posts of SC. 3 posts of JC at thana level. 19 posts of MO. 4 posts of ADS. one post of medicine specialist. 3 posts in surgery specialist. 2 posts of gyne are vacant.
In Cnuadanga, 14 posts of MO. 3 posts of ADS, 2 posts of medicine specialist, one post of gyne, one post of SC, 2 posts of JC at thana level are vacant.
In Meherpur, one post of SC, 2 posts of JC at thana level. 13 posts of MO, one post of ADS. one post of medical specialist and one post of gyne are lying vacant for a quite some time.
When asked, why huge number of patients from bordering districts of Jessore. Jhenidah. Chuadanga. Meherpur. Kushtia. and Satkhira are going to India for seeking medical treatment, he said that the reason was obvious. Better treatment facili-
ties coupled with professional ethics of Indian doctors compared with that of our country's was the key point that has lead to the trend. He, however, suggested that our doctors should change pattern of behaviour while seeing patients.
When asked to whether there was any intensive care centre for treatment of heart and kidney diseased in Khulna Division. he replied in the negative. He also added that steps have been taken to upgrade the Khulna 250-bed hospital into Khulna Medical College Hospital under directions from Health Ministry to open heart and kidney sections there.
He mentioned that earlier lot of irregularities and violations of norms and practices were indulged in matters of postings and transfers.
All these have been seriously considered by the present administration and measures are in the process to deal with these cases. Replying categorically to the question of shortage of doctors in government hospitals, he said that already a programme has been initiated to. recruit doctors to fill up the vacant posts.