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55pc of COVID-19 patients in Rangpur hospital recover
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.
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