Hospitals and clinics
I would like to bring the following issues to your notice. I was taken to the 'Emergency' of a sophisticated & well equipped hospital in the city following an injury/cut in my forehead in the early morning (7.30am) of 03rd March '08. I was highly frustrated and shocked to see their service and commercial attitude.
Instead of taking care of my injury, they were more concerned about collecting my blood for various tests. After collection of blood, they took me to the OT and gave 4 stitches in my forehead and brought me back to the emergency and billed me Tk. 3,896.65. Meanwhile my blood report came in their hand and they called my wife & brother (who accompanied me) away from me separately to inform about my physical condition. They asked my family to take care of me. They informed that I was suffering from severe 'Dengue' fever, in-fact I was in the danger zone as the 'Platelet' count of my blood report was found to be only 54000, but the minimum for a human is 150,000-350,000. Now you can understand the mental stress and pressure my family underwent after hearing such a report. However, on our approach they released me advising some medication and suggested the same blood test the next day and also asked me to consult a medicine specialist.
I gave my blood for platelet count in a diagnostic centre on 4 March '08 and got the report it was 170,0000, which is quite normal. Then I again went to that hospital emergency with the report and talked to the doctor about their fault. But the duty doctor became furious to see the report!!
I would therefore request you to publish detailed reports on the hospitals and clinics in the city so that people get a clearer picture of what is going on in the name of treatment. After all, we are not supposed to suffer because hospitals are run by unscrupulous elements whose only objective is to make money!
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