How is the nursing service in Bangladesh?

 Today we will talk about nursing services in Bangladesh. Bangladesh was born in 1971, after a long 9 month bloody war. The great hero of this independence is Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. If we calculate from 1971 to 2020, it will be seen that 50 long years have passed since independence. Bangladesh has made a lot of progress in various sectors. But since today our top topic is nursing service means health sector. So how much has the health sector of our country improved after 50 years of independence? The health system of our country is improving with the passage of time. During the war of liberation in 1971. We had to rely heavily on India to provide health care to our freedom fighters. After that, some doctors of Bangladesh who were stationed abroad, they came forward to serve the country and started providing services to the freedom fighters. However, he took the initiative to set up a medical college in East Bengal in 1939. In the year of the outbreak of World War II, the Dhaka University Council proposed to the then British Government to establish a medical college in Dhaka. But the proposal, lost in the turmoil of the war, saw the light of day at the end of the war in 1945. 

The British government decided to set up three medical colleges in Dhaka, Karachi and Madras (now Chennai) in the subcontinent. On this occasion a committee was formed with the then Civil Surgeon of Dhaka Dr. Major WJ Virgin and eminent citizens of the region. Based on their proposal, Dhaka Medical College was started on 10 July 1947. Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, which started its journey with a single building, now has various facilities on its own land of about 25 acres - college building, auditorium, nuclear medical center, student hostel, burn unit etc. Although the first and second year classes were started in the hospital building, the present college building was constructed in 1955 for academic activities. It includes space allocation for basic subjects as well as some other installations. There are 234 doctors, 200 intern doctors, 560 nurses and 1100 other staff in 42 wards of 26 different departments and hospitals to provide round-the-clock treatment to the patients. The 3,300-bed hospital treats about 3,500 people every day. The process of converting this hospital into a 5,000-bed hospital has started. So you realize how much has improved. At present, 5,000 beds are being developed from one bed in our country's largest medical center.

This is the public sector. Now let's turn to the private sector. There have been many improvements in the private sector. For example: Square Hospital. These are hospitals where nursing training is given. There are many more issues that I will discuss later. From all these advanced hospitals when a girl or boy brings nursing training. They tend to be very trained. And start their activities through receiving advanced training. And all these nurses are not just in the hospital. At present, several non-governmental organizations provide home care nursing services. These trained nurses provide services through all these institutions. Home care is currently a popular service provider in Bangladesh. Where access to public health care was difficult. Today we are personally getting advanced nursing services there. Needless to say, nursing services in Bangladesh are much improved.