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Hospital / Health Center

Hospital  refers to a type of medical institution. At present, hospital refers to an institution where specialist doctors and staff provide services to the patients through necessary equipment. Often the hospital also has residential beds for long-term treatment of the patient. Hospitals can be run by government, private (charitable or for-profit) or insurance companies. In ancient times, religious institutions were regularly engaged in the management of hospitals. 

Hospital social service activities

The disease severely affects the normal life of the people and makes them helpless. Illness is extremely unbearable for the poor patients in distress. The importance and effectiveness of hospital social work is immense in ensuring that the sick poor receive their basic right to medical care. Hospital social service activities help the poor helpless patients in various mental, family, social, economic, illness related issues as well as other information required for the well-being of the patient. Increase the patient's mental strength, bear the cost of treatment, The physician is provided with various information about the patient's illness and the cause of the disease and assistance for his rehabilitation at the end of the treatment. This service was first introduced at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in 1959 and at present 90 government and private hospitals at city level and district level across the country are running services through the Department of Social Services. Besides, this program has been expanded to 342 upazilas through Upazila Patient Welfare Association.

 

Service

  • Assistance in hospitalization and treatment
  • Free medicine, auxiliary equipment, prostheses, various medical supplies and food supplies or cash assistance for collection.
  • Provide wearable clothing
  • Cash assistance in blood supply or purchase
  • Supply of nutritious food
  • Rehabilitation of unwanted children
  • Rehabilitation in the family of unwanted patients in the family due to the disease
  • Assistance in relocation of hospital / medical center
  • Informing patients about health awareness / first aid
  • Mentally distressed patient or patient in case of serious illness, operation etc.
  • Assistance in establishing family and social contact with the patient
  • Assist in increasing morale by providing counseling to relatives
  • Arranging the funeral of an unidentified poor deceased person
  • Cash financial assistance after discharge

 

Services  receiving  the required  time

8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on working days:

 

Required  fees / taxes / incidental  expenses

Completely free services are provided in hospital social service activities

 

Related Eye t / B dhi / Rules

  • Hospital Social Service Implementation Policy -  2011
  • Constitution of the concerned Patient Welfare Association as per Voluntary Social Welfare Organizations (Registration and Control) Ordinance, 1981

 

Service recipient

Helpless, poor or distressed patients coming to the hospital

 

Those involved in the implementation of the activities

The activities branch of the social services department implements this activity. Under the leadership of the Director (Activities), 69 Hospital Social Service Officers at the headquarters level and in the field are involved in the implementation of these activities. At the upazila level, the Upazila Social Service Officer as the Member Secretary of the Upazila Patient Welfare Association is involved in the implementation of these activities in the Upazila Health Complex. At the district level, 64 Deputy Directors and 22 Assistant Directors supervise the field level activities and coordinate between the field level and the headquarters. Authority for implementation of Patient Welfare Association activities at field level. The Hospital Social Service Officer and the Chairman / President / President / Executive Director / Health and Family Planning Officer of the concerned hospital act as the Member-Secretary and President of the Implementation Committee respectively.

 

Service Center

 

Functions

  • Identification of poor and helpless patients
  • Determining the needs of the patient
  • Provide support according to patient needs
  • Providing information about the patient to the physician;
  • Collecting all patient information, creating and storing case work;
  • Arranging recreation for patients;
  • Managing the Patient Welfare Association;
  • Fundraising for the management of the Patient Welfare Association

 

Areas of citizen cooperation

  • Informing the hospital social service office about poor patients;
  • Inform the authorities if any deviation is observed in the conduct of activities;
  • To provide financial assistance to the Patient Welfare Society including Zakat, Fitra, Donations, etc .;
  • Treat patients with empathy;

 

Service delivery deadline

Immediately after the patient is identified or the patient applies.

 

With whom to communicate

  • Concerned Hospital Social Service Officer , Hospital Social Service Office and Upazila Social Service Officer at Upazila level.
  • Hospital President / Director / Executive Director / President or Deputy Director, concerned District Social Service Office, Department of Social Services;
  • Director (Activities), Phone +602 9111649, Director General, Department of Social Services, Phone +602 913 19 6, Fax +602 9136375, E-mail:  info@dss.gov.bd ; Address: Department of Social Services, Head Office E-6 / B-1, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207.

 

Our Services:

 

Primary health care services are being provided from community clinics. These include antenatal care, postpartum care, vaccinations, non-communicable disease identification, tuberculosis, malaria, kala-azar, malnutrition, growth monitoring, temporary birth control procedures, health education, treatment of common diseases and injuries, and high-level referrals to emergency patients.

 

01. Panchpara Community Clinic.

02. Basuduhita Community Clinic

03. Ramchandrapur Community Clinic

04. Ganipur Community Clinic

List of health workers

 

Serial No.

Name of health worker

Title

০১

Md. Raziur Rahman

Health Assistant

০২

Muhammad Abdul Awal

Health Assistant

০৩

Safe Debnath

H.A.

০৪

Md. Ali Hossain

Health Assistant

০৫

Irene Sultana

Health Assistant
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