If so many patients are admitted, even if the whole city becomes a hospital, there will be no place

Dhaka“If between 500 and 1000 patients are admitted to the hospital every day, the entire city of Dhaka will not have a place to keep patients,” said Health Minister Zahid Malek.

He said the infection rate was only two percent a month ago.

Now it is up to about 20 percent. Now, more than 5,000 people are infected every day. The death toll is also increasing rapidly. If the source of the corona cannot be stopped by identifying the locations from which the corona is forming at this time, it can quickly spiral out of control.
He spoke as a keynote guest at an exchange meeting with BPMCA member organizations and hospitals on Wednesday evening (March 31) about the continuing deterioration, general situation, hospital facilities and bed capacity in the second wave of COVID- 19 organized by Bangladesh Private Medical. University association through online zoom meeting.

He said that the country’s health sector has taken steps to increase the number of beds in the coming days. 40 new ICU beds are being installed. The Dhaka North City Corporation Hospital will be jointly dedicated. Hundreds of beds are being dedicated in most of the country’s hospitals, including Suhrawardy Hospital, Sheikh Hasina Burn Institute, Dhaka Medical College and Sheikh Russell Gastroliver Hospital.

He further said that to control Corona, 18 directives from the Prime Minister must be strictly followed. All resorts, hotels, vehicles and other related areas must strictly follow hygiene regulations. Weddings, religious ceremonies and picnics must stop. Everyone must wear a mask. Because if you can’t control the crown now, it will be very difficult to control the crown very easily in the near future.

Meanwhile, the Health Minister asked the owners, directors and presidents of the association of private medical faculties to increase the number of concave beds from at least one and a half to two thousand.

At the meeting, Health Minister Zahid Malek ordered the Director General of the Department of Health to take the necessary steps to get the antibody test approved by Dhaka’s big private doctors.

Bangladesh Private Medical College Association President Mubin Khan also spoke in the chairmanship of the Minister of Disaster Relief and Management and Advisor to BPMCA, Dr. Maryland. Enamur Rahman, Secretary General of BPMCA and President of Anwar Khan Modern Medical College. Anwar Gosen Khan, Secretary of the Department of Health Education Ali Noor, Director General of the Department of Health, Professor ABM Khurshid Alam and others.

**Only those in crisis are admitted to Dhame
Bangladesh Time: 9:15 PM, March 31, 2021
PS / AA