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DMCH neglects Swine flu patients: Lesser doses of medicine than prescribed
Mahbubur Rahman Khan
Swine flu attacked patients allegedly are not being given proper treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Doctors of the flu ward were visiting patients only one time a day. The 24-hour on duty nurses were also remaining absent from the flu ward except for dire necessity.
Some blamed the nurses for not supplying oxygen mask to patients who are suffering from flu with respiratory problem.
Though government announced repeatedly that it has taken all measures to provide necessary treatment to swine flu patients, but real picture was found to be quite opposite during the visit to the DMCH by the New Nation correspondent.
The patients also alleged that they are given less Oseltamivir capsule than mentioned in the prescription.
Abdus Sobhan Sagar (20) infected with swine flu died at DMCH on Friday, Sobhan is the second reported H1N1 fatality in Bangladesh. Hospital authority confirmed the death of the patient.
The first H1N1 death in the country was reported by Lab Aid Hospital on Aug 30 with the passing away of Mitali Chakravarty of Savar was infected with Swine flu.
Seven swine flu patients including 5 females 2 males and were admitted to the swine flu ward of DMC till yesterday. Some have been suffering from serious respiratory problem.
More than 150 patients were given treatment at the outdoor of the flu corner of DMCH till 4 pm yesterday.
The relatives of flu affected patients complained that doctors were not attending patients regularly so are the nurses.
A patient's father, who admitted his son to the hospital on Friday with severe respiratory problem, alleged that though his son was suffocating, nurses did not come to his help.
Nurses also are not willing to support mask to my son the father alleged.
An on-duty doctor said that they were giving proper treatment to the patients. He also denied the allegations against nurses.
The DMCH doctors of the flu ward are appeared panicky. Yesterday evening a patient told the on-duty doctor that he had respiratory problem with fever. On hearing this, the doctor rebuked him and He asked him to stay six feet away from him in front of this correspondent.
The correspondent also found that patients were given lesser dose of Oseltamivir capsule than prescribed by the doctor.
Mehedi Hasan, a patient who came to outdoor, was prescribed 6 Oseltamivir capsules by on duty doctor. He was advised to have two capsules per day. But later another doctor asked a staff not to give him more than 4 capsules.
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/09/06/news0666.htm
Mahbubur Rahman Khan
Swine flu attacked patients allegedly are not being given proper treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Doctors of the flu ward were visiting patients only one time a day. The 24-hour on duty nurses were also remaining absent from the flu ward except for dire necessity.
Some blamed the nurses for not supplying oxygen mask to patients who are suffering from flu with respiratory problem.
Though government announced repeatedly that it has taken all measures to provide necessary treatment to swine flu patients, but real picture was found to be quite opposite during the visit to the DMCH by the New Nation correspondent.
The patients also alleged that they are given less Oseltamivir capsule than mentioned in the prescription.
Abdus Sobhan Sagar (20) infected with swine flu died at DMCH on Friday, Sobhan is the second reported H1N1 fatality in Bangladesh. Hospital authority confirmed the death of the patient.
The first H1N1 death in the country was reported by Lab Aid Hospital on Aug 30 with the passing away of Mitali Chakravarty of Savar was infected with Swine flu.
Seven swine flu patients including 5 females 2 males and were admitted to the swine flu ward of DMC till yesterday. Some have been suffering from serious respiratory problem.
More than 150 patients were given treatment at the outdoor of the flu corner of DMCH till 4 pm yesterday.
The relatives of flu affected patients complained that doctors were not attending patients regularly so are the nurses.
A patient's father, who admitted his son to the hospital on Friday with severe respiratory problem, alleged that though his son was suffocating, nurses did not come to his help.
Nurses also are not willing to support mask to my son the father alleged.
An on-duty doctor said that they were giving proper treatment to the patients. He also denied the allegations against nurses.
The DMCH doctors of the flu ward are appeared panicky. Yesterday evening a patient told the on-duty doctor that he had respiratory problem with fever. On hearing this, the doctor rebuked him and He asked him to stay six feet away from him in front of this correspondent.
The correspondent also found that patients were given lesser dose of Oseltamivir capsule than prescribed by the doctor.
Mehedi Hasan, a patient who came to outdoor, was prescribed 6 Oseltamivir capsules by on duty doctor. He was advised to have two capsules per day. But later another doctor asked a staff not to give him more than 4 capsules.
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/09/06/news0666.htm