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Water crisis stops ENT operations at DMCH

By Naimul Haq
No operation is being performed in the ENT Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) since August 28 oue to crisis of water.
The crisis has been created by a section of Class Three and Class Four employees of the hospital, sources said
The employees divert the water from the main supply pipe of the ENT Department to a nearby slum where they live. The unauthorised pipe penetrating the backwall of the ENT building is visible.
Around 20 operations are performed in the ENT (Ear. Nose and Throat) Department, according to doctors.
i When contacted. Prof
Abdullah Al-Haroon. Head of the ENT Department said. "I wrote a letter to the Director of the hospital on August 20 informing him of the serious problems we are facing." The Director wrote to the Executive Engineer of Public Works Department (PWD) to solve the problem, but to no effect. Prof Abdullah said.
Director of DMCH. Col. Badrul Munir when contacted admitted that the ENT Department was facing a serious problem. "I have given directive to sort out the matter immediately The concerned engineering department have been Informed," he said. The Director further added. "Some influential groups are supporting the unauthorised water connection from the DMCH. It is not possible to find an easy remedy to the problem right away. Although I am responsible to find a solution to the matter, but it needs time."
When asked why DMCH authorities took such a long time to communicate with the PWD. Col Munir said, "I had verbally asked PWD officials to come and inspect the pipeline. In response PWD officials told me they were preparing to find a solution to the problem."
However, there was no inspection team from PWD till yesterday.
A young man living in the slum, when asked said. "We have no problem in getting water here/ Pointing to the unauthorised pipe connection, he said. "We get it through the pipe from the DMCH."
Inside the hospital, doctors are advising the patients requiring emergency operation to wait till water supply is restored.
Ismail Hussain from Luxmlpur waits for his turn to be operated upon. He is among many who is suffering from unbearable pains. Hussain is suffering from maxila-cancer which grows with each passing day
The situation here has turned chaotic. Outdoor patients are being referred to everyday There are too many waiting patients. The abnormal Influx has turned the situation very serious." said Prof Abdullah "Unless the authorities find an Immediate solution to the problem, things will keep on worsening "
He said there are 40 beds Only one nurse, helped by two trainees, attend the patients
day and night. "We need at least 10 nurses to meet the growing demand. Twelve extra beds were accommodated recently to face the abnormal influx of patients. The OT is not well equipped. The surgical equipment and other facilities in the OT are quite old," he said.
The ENT Department at the DMCH is the only place in the country where emergency service can be provided 24 hours a day. Such emergency service is not available in private clinics and the PG Hospital.