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Filming at Hospital

Patients left in chaos

Akram Hosen and Wasim Bin Habib
Patients of a hospital in Mirpur had to hear "light", “camera", "action" and loud cheesy dialogues for two days as the authorities let a film crew use the hospital as a set from morning to midnight to earn some money.
The shooting in the corridor of Al-Helal Specialised Hospital Ltd left many patients in utter astonishment. A place meant for providing them with relief was causing them more trouble.
Patients of the cabins on the eighth floor of the 13-storey hospital were literally stranded inside their cabins as the film crew occupied the corridor. Neither the attendants nor the hospital staffs were allowed to go in or out of the cabin until the shooting was done, said the patients.
The film crew even set up a camera trolley rails along the length of the corridor, preventing patients and attendants from using it.
A number of patients told The Daily Star correspondents that they could not sleep at night as the crew were dragging their equipment, yelling instruction to performers and actors were saying their lines loudly.
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A patient said, "Doctors prescribed me to take rest, but I couldn't sleep at all because of the shooting. ”
Most of the ward boys instead of helping patients were watching the filming all mesmerised, several patients said.
"I did not receive any of my medication and injections on time. Whenever I needed assistance from the nurses or ward boys, I found them unavailable," said a 57-year-old cardiac patient who requested anonymity fearing divulging the name could compromise treatment.
Complaining to the hospital staff about the shootingyielded no results.
An open-heart surgery patient said,
“The floor of my cabin remained filthy all day yesterday [Saturday]. My son tried to get the cleaners but none came."
The filming ended last night.
KA Firoz, associate director of the film, said they were filming with permission from the hospital authorities. "If our activities had disturbed the patients, the hospital authorities would not have allowed us to film there," he said.
"It is the responsibility of the hospital authorities to see to the problems of the patients, if there was any," said Firoz of Matir Pori Multimedia Production House.
Prof M Shahabuddin Khan, head of
the department of medicine and cardiology, told The Daily Star that when he issued the permission to film, he did not think that the filming would be so loud and the crew would occupy so much space.
"After conducting a surgery in the afternoon today [yesterday], I was irritated by the commotion," he said.
Tahir Fazlullah, son of a thalassemia patient who was in a cabin on that very floor, claimed, "As my father's condition deteriorated in the evening [yesterday], I rushed out of the cabin for assistance. But none came despite my pleas. The doctors came only when I got downstairs and raised my voice."