Hospital Director sharing with patients about HDP health servic

Monthly Meeting with hospitalAdministrative key staffs

Monthly Meeting with hospital Administrative key staffs

Father Tonino Memorial Hospital is a charitable health service hospital situated at a small remote village in Habirbari Union of Bhaluka Upazila(sub-district) under Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. The estimated of 525,450 population live in this area.63% of these population are extremely poor who can not afford basic calorie food requirement round the year and have no ability to buy or afford quality health services from commercial health sources. Incidences of sickness, children mortality and morbidity are very high. Community people are largely daily wage laborer, low paid wage earner and odd job workers. Illiteracy, ignorance and unawareness on health and hygiene largely exist among 35% of total population who are also ethnic minority people and hardcore poor.

Human Development Program (HDP) first started as small health care awareness and hygiene education unit in the year 2000.Since then primary healthcare motivation, water & sanitation motivation, nutrition motivation have been place. The small health promotional service unit was build in preventive and curative healthcare center in the year 2003 with support of Anesvad, PARCUSE and Marist Mission Centre as “Father Tonino Memorial Hospital” in the year 2004 (Late Rev.Fr.Tonino was dedicated himself for the poor health services in this area and he died 28/12/97).Hospital is registered with the Government Health Department in 2008.From 2004 to 2008 total 199,928 children, 37,045 women, 13,442 males & 5,465 adolescent girl patients received health services from the hospital.

Mr. Rabiul witnessed health services with the patients, about their problems, or any other facilities they might need. Most of the patients are happy with our general health services, but they also have shared that they need specialized doctors in different sections which HDP at present cannot provide.At present HDP have one MBBS doctor, one paramedic, two female nurses, one radiologist and one pathologist technician. In this situation, Mr. Rabiul Islam’s assistance in developing hospital services would enrich HDP initiative and this would be obviously benefited for the betterment of health services of the poor people in the area.

Monthly Meeting: Mr. Rabiul is sharing with HDP key staffs about the future plan of hospital development activities. HDP is looking forward necessary assistance from the national and international medical volunteers for its ongoing health activities for the needy patients. : Mr. Rabiul is herby encouraging some USA medical volunteers’ (doctors) and organizations to visit Bangladesh to help the poor people through HDP hospital.

Mr. Rabiul is sharing meeting with HDP health staffs, especially with the doctor & nurses how to ensure HDP Hospital services more effectively. He, in his discussion meeting raised the issues of humanitarian services, sincerity and commitment of the hospital staff as to ensure doorstop health services for the needy people.