The New Nation - Internet Edition

Our Correspondent, Barisal

The week long pilot project started from November 01 by deploying RAB to develop service and disciplinary conditions at Barisal Shere Bangla Medical College Hospital has been extended for more two weeks.

The extension was made for more two weeks at the request of the patients, hospital authority and elites of the city after its success hailed in controlling the rush of visitors and attendants by introducing purchasing visitor and attendant cards, banning entrance of medical representatives and illegal trespassers, stopping unauthorized absence of doctors and staffs and developing health, sanitation and treatment standards.

Dr. Maniruzzaman Mia, director of SBMCH, in this regard said more steps have been taken in this extended second phase to detect the persons and causes working against giving proper service and maintaining discipline and healthy environment at the hospital.

The prepared lists of such persons and causes would the sent to the higher authority for taking immediate action, he told

We now trying to assure patients about performing all clinical and pathological tests possible in the hospital at minimum costing and time, he added.

The project is conducting under a committee for health services consisted with the representatives of SBMCH, district and divisional administration, City Corporation, law enforcers, joint forces and elites of the city. A meeting of this committee presided over by Md. Harun Chowdhury, divisional commissioner was held at SBMCH on Monday afternoon.

It was attended by Dr.Maniruzzaman Mia, director SBMCH, Dr. Aziz Rahim, and principal SBMC. Aminul Islam, deputy inspector general of police, Lt.Col. Abdus Salam Muhammad Arif, Barisal in charge of director general of field intelligence (DGFI), Lt.Col. Abu Sayeed Muhammad Ali, district commander of joint forces, Lt.Col. Ershad Hossain, district RAB commander, Khan Syed Hassan, commission Barisal Metropolitan Police, Matiur Rahman, deputy director of Ansar and VDP, Dr. Mizanur Rahman, resident medical officer of Barisal Sadar Hospital. About practical possibilities and capacities about completing clinical and pathological tests in SBMCH and Sadar Hospital, SBMCH director said at present we cannot assure cent percent clinical and pathological service here due to shortage of manpower, equipments, chemicals and laboratory facilities.

But most of the tests could be possible according to the urgency of treatment in priority basis, he hoped.