As of Saturday, 428 Covid-19 positive and suspected coronavirus patients at Barguna General Hospital have successfully recovered. Of them, 56 were Covid-19 positive patients. No Covid-19 positive patient has died at the Corona unit of the hospital till date, said Dr Md Sohrab Uddin, superintendent of the hospital, adding, that the first coronavirus patient of Barguna was admitted to the unit on April 9. Of the 428, 217 were admitted to the Corona unit while the rest put in e quarantine and they received treatment over phone, said Sohrab home quarantine and they received treatment over phone, said Sohrab. Apart from this, nine Covid-19 positive and 20 suspected coronavirus patients were being treated at the hospital till Saturday, he said.
Dr MK Azad, who is treating the coronavirus patients at the hospital alone, said two coronavirus patients in two upazilas of the district died till now. Of them, one was treated at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital and another at Patuakhali General Hospital, but no coronavirus death has been reported Orguna General Hospital till Saturday. at Barguna General Hospital till Saturday.
The superintendent said according to World Health Organization (WHO), doctors, who are on the frontline fighting the virus, will be quarantined for 14 days after giving medical care to patients every seven days, but MK Azad cannot go into quarantine as he is the only doctor at the hospital who took training on coronavirus treatment.
Dr MK Azad expressed his gratitude to all the health workers including the civil surgeon in Barguna and the superintendent of the hospital in achieving such success.
He further said they are treating the coronavirus patients at the hospital following the guidelines of WHO. Zakia Parveen Seema, a nurse of Barguna General Hospital, said she willingly came here to serve the coronavirus patients in the crisis time. Barguna Civil Surgeon Humayun Khan Shaheen said efforts are being made to provide comparatively better service at Barguna General Hospital. However, there are some problems including lack of ICU and central oxygen supply, which are now very essential for coronavirus patients. A total of 154 people have been infected with Covid-19 in Barguna till Saturday, he said