No driver at Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex in Jhenidah although two ambulances were allocated for the hospital.
Health department sources said that one of the drivers of the hospital joined the office of Civil Surgeon on June 1. The remaining driver went on leave for two days immediate after joining. Since then the health complex is running without any driver. The authorities served show cause notices on the driver on June 3 and 9.
The sources said since June 1, a total of seven outdoor patients and eleven admitted patients were referred to different hospitals and medical colleges for better treatment from the health complex.
Shahin Hossain, a guardian of a patient, said that they were facing trouble as there was no driver for any of the two ambulances. They managed a microbus at a higher rate to send a patient in Jashore.
Dr. Hossain Safayet, upazila health and family panning officer at Kaliganj, that the office had served two show cause notices on June 3 and 9 for a driver, but he did not respond. He had informed the matter to the authorites concerned.
Dr. Hossain Safayet, however, said that the problem would be solved within a few days.
