RANGPUR, May 30, 2020 (BSS) – Ten more coronavirus (COVID-19) patients were discharged from the Dedicated Corona Isolation Hospital (DCIH) in Rangpur today raising the total number of recovered patients to 65 in the facility.
“With the recovery of 65 patients among the total admitted 102 people to the DCIH, the rate of recovery stands at 63.72 percent in the facility since the beginning of its journey on April 19 last,” Superintendent of the DCIH Dr. SM Nurun Nabi told BSS today.
“We are discharging the recovered patients from the DCIH, an extension of Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RpMCH), after disappearance of their symptoms and negative results of two consecutive real-time PCR tests,” he said.
The 10 patients who were recovered today include five members of Bangladesh Police, four members of Ansar and an employee of Rangpur Kendra of Bangladesh Betar.
They are: policemen Habibur Rahman, 33, Istiaque, 29, Shamsuzzoha, 25, Bakul Rana, 21 and Nesar Ahmed, 22, Ansar members Hazrat, 29, Mazedul Islam, 38, Saifur Rahman, 39, and Saiful Islam, 40, and employee of Bangladesh Betar Atikur Rahman, 32.
Earlier, two more recovered COVID-19 patients Ansar member Abdul Aziz and Dr. Shariful Islam were discharged on May 28 and a policeman Abdul Matin from the hospital on May 27 bidding them farewells like other recovered patients.
“On May 24, we discharged five recovered COVID-19 patients Sirajul Islam, Bharoti Rani, Zakir Hossain, Tasar Ali, and Shahriar from the hospital after their complete recovery,” Dr. Nabi said.
Earlier, 11 recovered COVID-19) patients, including Superintendent of Police Mehedul Karim and his wife Begum Hawa Bibi were discharged from the DCIH on May 19 after their recovery.
The other nine discharged patients included Sumi Begum, Hasina Begum, Md. Shariful, Nosiron, Rafiqul Islam, Ruhul Amin, Jahurul Islam, Md. Ruhul Amin and Al Mamun.
Earlier on May 17, six more recovered patients Nazmun Nahar, Rezwana, Shahina Pervin, Syed Anwar Habib, Somsher Ali and Kudrat-E-Khuda were discharged from the DCIH.
On May 16, recovered physician Dr. Kamrul Eman Rashed 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, four critically sick COVID-19 patients Aminur Rahman Prodhan, 65, of Panchagarh and Mofiz Uddin, 67, Begum Batitunnesa, 85, and Samsur Huda, 69, of Rangpur metropolis expired at the DCIH.
“Currently, a total of 31 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, Chief of Divisional Coronavirus Service and Prevention Task Force and Principal of Rangpur Medical College Professor Dr. AKM Nurunnabi Lyzu highly lauded the performance of the physicians and other staff at the DCIH in Rangpur.
Currently, 26 physicians, 40 nurses and 15 other staff are providing health services to the admitted COVID-19 patients at the DCIH in Rangpur.