Health ministry suspends Covid-19 treatment in 3 hospitals

Health ministry on Thursday (September 17) suspended Covid-19 treatment in three Covid-19 dedicated hospitals citing the reason of low- attendance of patients.

The Hospitals are Dhaka Mohanagar Hospital, Lalkutir Hospital and makeshift Bashundhara Covid-19 Hospital.

Originally a convention centre, Bashundhara Covid-19 Hospital was converted into Covid-19 Hospital amid the surge of coronavirus patients. However, it failed to draw attention from patients.

Moreover, health ministry said, from now on, general patients will get treatment at those hospitals which halted their normal operations for treating Covid-19 patients amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Health service division of health ministry issued a letter to this effect on Thursday.

The letter said, "Government declared these three hospitals as Covid-19 Hospital in the face of coronavirus pandemic. At present there are no patients or number of patients lessens significant in general and ICU beds of those Hospitals.”

"We suspended the operation and from now on general patients will be able to receive treatment from those hospitals", said the letter.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the government declared different government and private hospital as Covid-19 hospital exclusively for treatment of Covid-19 patients.

The government was providing financial backup, manpower and logistics to those hospitals.

Amid the declining of Covid-19 patients, the government is planning to suspend operation of such 12 Covid-19 hospitals, said a ministry official requesting anonymity.

Government first suspended operation of Covid-19 treatment at Holy Family Hospital and today suspended another three which are among the many waiting to go back to normal operations in days to come.

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