RANGPUR, May 24, 2020 (BSS) – The recovery rate of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients admitted to the Dedicated Corona Isolation Hospital (DCIH) in Rangpur stands at 55 percent now satisfying high officials, physicians and staff of the hospital.
Health officials said the recovered patients are being discharged from the DCIH, an extension of Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RpMCH), after disappearance of symptoms and negative results of two consecutive real-time PCR tests.
“We have already released 52 patients from the DCIH among a total of 93 admitted patients to the facility since the beginning of its journey from April 19,” Superintendent of the DCIH Dr. SM Nurun Nabi told BSS today.
Five more recovered COVID-19 patients were discharged from the hospital bidding them a pleasant farewell this noon like in the cases all other recovered patients since the beginning.
“The newly discharged five patients were also tested for coronavirus negative in two consecutive real-time PCR tests,” Dr. Nabi said.
The discharged patients include a an Ansar member Sirajul Islam, 25, of Rangpur City Corporation, Senior Staff Nurse Bharoti Rani, 55, of RpMCH, its liftman Zakir Hossain and policemen Tasar Ali, 35, and Shahriar, 28.
The recovered and discharged five COVID-19 patients were admitted to the DCIH between May 13 and May 17 last after being diagnosed with coronavirus infection.
Earlier, 11 recovered COVID-19) patients, including Commandant of Range Reserve Force of Bangladesh Police (Superintendent of Police) Mehedul Karim, 48 and his wife Begum Hawa Bibi, 37, were discharged from the DCIH on May 19..
The 11 discharged patients also included Sumi Begum, 29, Hasina Begum, 30, Md. Shariful, 25, Nosiron, 80, Rafiqul Islam, 35, Ruhul Amin, 35, Jahurul Islam, 23, Md. Ruhul Amin, 24, and Al Mamun, 28.
The 11 discharged patients were admitted to the DCIH between May 9 and May 14 after they were diagnosed COVID-19 positive.
Earlier on May 17, six more recovered COVID-19 patients Nazmun Nahar, Rezwana, Shahina Pervin, Syed Anwar Habib, Somsher Ali and Kudrat-E-Khuda were discharged from the DCIH after their recovery.
On May 16, recovered physician Dr. Kamrul Eman Rashed, a student of Doctor of Medicine (MD in Paediatrics (thesis part) at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University was discharged from the DCIH.
On May 15, fifteen recovered patients were discharged from the hospital with recovery certificates and flowers.
On May 12, five recovered patients were released from the DCIH, four others on May 9, two more on May 6, two recovered physicians on May 4 while recovered Moslem Uddin, 80, was discharged on April 29 last.
Since the beginning, two critically sick COVID-19 patients Md. Aminur Rahman Prodhan, 65, former Chairman of Sakoa union parishad in Boda upazila of Panchagarh and Mofiz Uddin, 67, of Rangpur city expired while undergoing treatments at the DCIH.
“Currently, a total of 38 coronavirus patients are undergoing treatments at the DCIH that has 90 general beds and an insensitive care unit (ICU) with 10 beds and 10 ventilators,” Dr. Nabi added.
Talking to BSS today, Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Amin Ahmed Khan expressed satisfaction over the health services being rendered by the 26 physicians, 40 nurses and 15 other staff at the DCIH and the current recovery rate of patients in the hospital.