Bangladesh Eye Foundation and Research Hospital

Facility Identification

Division: Dhaka

District: Dhaka

District Code: 26

Facility Type: Private Hospital

Type of Hospital: Eye Hospital

Year of Establishment: 2006

Category: Tertiary Level Hospital

Funding: It runs by its own funding.

Patient Information

All types of patients come here to take treatment for their eye diseases.

Average number of patients per day: 80

Patient number in last year: <1000-5000

Payment Provided by: Patients.

Equipments and Instruments

They buy equipments and instruments by calling tender.

Sl No

Equipments

Available

Functioning

Total Number

Available and observed Available but not observed Not Available Yes No Don’t Know
A OPD  
a Slit Lamp yes   yes     1
b Schiotz Tonometer     yes    
c Direct Opthalmoscope     yes    
d Indirect Opthalmoscope     yes    
e 90 D lens yes     yes     1
f 20 D lens yes     yes     1
g Gonioprism yes     yes     1
h Bjerum’s screen   yes    
i Hess chart screen     yes    
j Material for diplopia chart   yes    
k Red green goggles yes   yes     1
Refraction
m Snellen test type     yes      
n Near vision testing(Jaeger or Snellen)     yes      
o Streak Retinoscope yes    
p Trial Frame and trial case yes    
q Prism bar            
r Refractometer     yes      
s A-scan yes yes     1
t Keratometer yes    
B Advancer secondary eye care  
a FFA including Fundus camera     yes      
b YAG Laser with slit lamp adapter     yes      
c Laser unit for retinal coagulation     yes        
d Exophthalmometer     yes        
e B-Scan     yes      
C OT  
a Operating Microscope with co-axial illumination & focus control     yes      
b PHACO Machine yes     yes     1
c Automated Vitrectomy     yes      
d Bipolar Cautery     yes      
e Steam Autoclave     yes    
f Flash/Speed Autoclave     yes    
g Suction Machine     yes    
h Oxygen Cylinder with nasal canula     yes    
i Endotracheal intubation yes    
j Ambu bag     yes    
k Laryngoscope     yes    
l BP Machine yes     yes     1
m Stethoscope yes     yes     1
Surgical Instruments
o Cataract surgical sets yes     yes     2
p DCR set yes     yes     2
q Chalazion I/C set yes     yes     2
r Enucleation and Evisceration set yes     yes     2
D Optical dispensing instruments  
a Manual Edging set     yes        
b Rimless & Supraframes grooving machine yes   yes     1
c Lensometer yes     yes     1
d Trial set (Manual power check) yes     yes     1

Human Resources

Total Human Resources: 20

Professional Degree: MCPS, MS, FCPS

Administrative Human Resources:

Administrator:1

Administrative Support Staff: 1

Eye Camp Coordinator: 1

House keeper: 1

Cleaner: 2

Security Staff: 1

Counselor: 1

Record keeping System: both in papers and in computers.

Referral System: They refer their patients to the specialized hospitals for complicated cases such as disorder of retina and vitrous and complicated pediatric cases. They arrange the referral by providing ambulance to the patients if needed. They follow up their patients by prescription.

The hospital has CME program.

Number of Cataract Operation in 2 weeks: 15

Service Area

Clinical Service Area

  1. Glaucoma
  2. Cornea
  3. Surgical Cataract
  4. Pediatric
  5. Uvea
  6. Orbit
  7. General OPD
  8. Refractive error and General Ophthalmology

Workload Estimation

Number of Bed: 160

Effective Days for providing services: 365

Surgery per year: 1000

New patients per day: 20

Infrastructure

They have OT, OPD, IPP including medical records, optical shop and medical shop. In an average 5 operations take place every day. The hospital has 8 wards consisting of 20 beds for eye department. The hospital has water, gas and electricity supply and their cleanliness is good.