There are 8 beds for patients in the diarrhea ward of Rasdar Hospital in Madaripur, whereas 45 people are undergoing treatment for diarrhea. Patients are getting treatment to get mats on the dirty floor without getting a bed. This is making diarrhea more prevalent. According to hospital sources, 261 patients have come for treatment of diarrhea in the last 10 days and 198 of them have been admitted. Most of them are children and elderly.
Meanwhile, many are expressing their displeasure as the environment of the hospital is dirty and there are not enough seats. The demands of ordinary patients are to increase the number of seats quickly and to keep the environment clean.
It was seen on the spot in the diarrhea ward of Madaripur Sadar Hospital on Tuesday afternoon that there is no place to set foot in the room and balcony. Patients are crouched on the floor due to lack of seats. The smell is wafting from the bathroom and a garbage can next to it.
Flies are also flying as the verandah and floor of the ward are unclean. As there is not enough basket for dumping garbage, they are throwing garbage in the basket by sharing.
Maya Begum, the mother who came to treat the child, said, "We are coming to treat the child in that environment. In this environment, our children will get sicker rather than better. I don't see any possibility of getting better here.” Abdul Barek Mollah, who came for treatment, said that the condition of the patients here is that at least one and a half hundred beds are needed.
There are only six beds here. This environment is not conducive to treatment. The government should expedite the opening of the 250-bed hospital in the new building.
In this regard, the Residential Medical Officer (RMO) of Madaripur Sadar Hospital said, "Although we have 6 beds in our headquarters, we have arranged 10 beds. However, the hope is that diarrhea patients can be released after 1 day. As a result, patients are being treated despite the pressure. We can't really leave the patient, many are taking treatment from the floor despite the pain.”
