Directorate of Health has issued 12 instructions to all government hospitals to ensure adequate manpower and treatment during Eid.
This instruction was given in an office order on Sunday.
It has been said that this year there is a possibility of a long holiday due to Shab Qadr, Eid-ul-Fitr, Bengali New Year and weekends. The following guidelines have been issued for the management of medical services in hospitals during this holiday period:
1. In order to ensure adequate manpower and medical care at the workplace during the holiday period, manpower may be given leave in phases by coordinating before and after Eid.
2. The Head of the Institution shall grant the leave in accordance with the priority of uninterrupted emergency medical operations and public interest.
3. Organizations can coordinate the necessary manpower within their districts only during the Eid holidays by informing the Civil Surgeon, Divisional Director.
4. A full-time presence of a doctor should be ensured in the emergency department.
5. Emergency department and labor room, emergency OT should be kept open round the clock.
6. Day-to-day work will be supervised by Unit Heads in the department. Medical college hospitals, specialized hospitals, district headquarters hospitals and upazila health complexes should keep emergency labs and X-ray services open round the clock.
7. Sufficient medicines, IV fluid chemical re-agents, surgical materials should be stocked and promptly supplied for the duration of the leave before the commencement of the leave. In this case, the store keeper or the staff in charge during vacation must stay in their own district and upazila.
8. Ambulance service should be kept open round the clock.
9. Advance notice should be given to local administration and law enforcement agencies for holiday hospital security.
10. Heads of organizations and heads of various departments will regularly communicate with the officers and employees providing holiday services and exchange skills on the day of Eid.
11. If the head of the organization takes leave, he must assign the responsibility to someone according to the rules and the employee who takes the responsibility will perform all the duties properly. The name and mobile number of the responsible person should be intimated to the higher authorities.
12. The head of the institution will supervise the serving of quality food to the patients on the day of Eid and exchange greetings with the patients.
The order mentions that this directive has the approval of the Director General of the Department of Health.
Bangladesh /SA