Monir Mia, Sherpur : After a long five years due to manpower shortage, the ICU Unity of Sherpur District Sadar Hospital was inaugurated within 5 working days of the nomination of Dr. Sansila Zebrin Priyanka, MP for the reserved women’s seat, to Parliament.
On Sunday afternoon, June 14, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain virtually announced the inauguration of this ICU unit of Sherpur District Sadar Hospital.
Later, at 3:30 pm, Sherpur Deputy Commissioner Farida Yasmin inaugurated the ICU unit on the ninth floor of the District Sadar Hospital by cutting the ribbon.
At that time, District Civil Surgeon Dr. Md. Shahin, District Sadar Hospital Superintendent Dr. Md. Selim Mia, BNP leader Advocate Sirajul Islam, District Jamaat Ameer Maulana Hafizur Rahman, Sherpur Press Club President Kakon Reza, General Secretary Masud Hasan Badal, along with doctors, nurses and officials from various levels of the district administration and health department were present.
It is reported that during the Corona period, the ICU unit was set up on the ninth floor of the district hospital at a cost of 5 crore taka about five years ago. But due to manpower shortage, the ICU unit had been in a largely abandoned state for a long time.
Later, on June 7, Dr. Sansila Zebrin Priyanka, a reserved seat MP for women in the National Parliament and former joint convener of the district BNP, highlighted the dire situation in the Sherpur district health department and district headquarters hospital. At the same time, she demanded immediate action regarding the closure of the ICU unit due to manpower shortage.
In this regard, Dr. Md. Selim Mia, Superintendent of District Sadar Hospital, said, “Today, the Minister inaugurated our ICU unit through a Zoom meeting. We will launch the ICU unit activities with a limited number of manpower. However, it will take more time to get the full manpower, in which case it will take more time to fully launch the ICU unit.”
In this regard, Deputy Commissioner Farida Yasmin said, “Today, the much-awaited ICU unit of Sherpur District Hospital was inaugurated. Efforts will be made to resolve other problems and manpower shortages in the coming days.”
In this regard, Dr. Sansila Zebrin Priyanka MP of the reserved women’s seat said, “On June 7, when I expressed my demand for the district’s health department and the opening of an ICU unit, the Health Minister asked me to inform him in writing after the parliament session. In view of this, today he inaugurated our Sherpur ICU unit in just five working days, including the recruitment of manpower. Inshallah, in the future, I will try to solve all other problems including health services in Sherpur as soon as possible.”
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