Chittagong Medical College Hospital

Facility Identification

Division: Chittagong

District: Chittagong Sadar

District Code: 15

Facility Type: Government Hospital

Type of Hospital: Mixed Hospital

Year of Establishment: 1957

Category: Tertiary Level Hospital

Size of the Hospital: The hospital has its own land.

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: 180

Payment provided by: Patients and Government subsidy.

Equipments and Instruments

Cornea

Equipments

Sl No

Equipments

Available

Functioning

Total Number

Available and observed Available but not observed Not Available Yes No Don’t Know
A Slit Lamp yes   yes 2
B Corneal topography unit yes yes
C Aberrometry assessment unit yes yes
D Specular microscope yes yes
E Light microscope yes   yes
F Basic microbiology instruments yes yes
G LASIK (Optional) yes yes

Glaucoma

Equipments

Sl No

Equipments

Available

Functioning

Total Number

Available and observed Available but not observed Not Available Yes No Don’t Know
A Slit Lamp yes     yes     2
B Goldmann Applanation tonometry yes   yes    
C Diagnostic lenses (90 D, 20D, 78D)   yes    
D Gonioscope   yes    
E Perkins tonometer     yes      
F Pachymetry     yes      
G Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer     yes      
H Heidelberg retinal tomography (HRT)- shared     yes      
I Optical coherence tomography (OCT)-shared     yes      
J Anterior segment OCT     yes      
K Ultrasound biomicroscope-shared     yes      
L YAG Laser for glaucoma surgery-shared     yes      
M Fundus photography-shared     yes      

Low Vision

Equipments

Sl No

Equipments

Available

Functioning

Total Number

Available and observed Available but not observed Not Available Yes No Don’t Know
A Optical Aids for distance
a Telescopes 3x,4x,6x     yes        
B Optical Aids of near spectacle magnifiers
a Prismosphere +5.0D, +8.0D, +10.0D     yes        
b High spherical glasses +16.0D, +18.0D, +24.0D     yes        
c Hand Magnifiers: Illuminated     yes        
d Hand Magnifiers: Non Illuminated     yes        
e Stand Magnifiers: Illuminated     yes        
f Stand Magnifiers: Non Illuminated     yes        
C Non Optical Aids
a Typoscopes     yes        
b Bold Tip Black Pens     yes        
c Table Light     yes        
d CCTV     yes        
e Telescopes 3x,4x,6x     yes        

Oculoplasty

Equipments

Sl No

Equipments

Available

Functioning

Total Number

Available and observed Available but not observed Not Available Yes No Don’t Know
a Hess Chart     yes
b B-scan (shared) yes   yes
c Indirect ophthalmoscopy yes yes
d X-ray yes   yes
e CT Scan yes   yes
f MRI yes   yes
g Color Vision chart yes   yes

 Pediatric Ophthalmology

Equipments

Sl No

Equipments

Available

Functioning

Total Number

Available and observed Available but not observed Not Available Yes No Don’t Know
A Outpatient Area
a Sheridan Gardiner test/ Cambridge simple crowding test     yes        
b Simple Snellen Visual acuity charts- drum yes     yes      
c Cardiff Card     yes        
d Set of trial lenses with trial frame yes     yes      
e Streak retinoscope yes     yes      
f Direct ophthalmoscope yes     yes      
g Head-band loupe yes     yes      
h Slit lamp with table & applanation tonometer yes     yes      
i 90 D or 78 D lens yes     yes      
j Ishihara color vision book yes     yes      
k Indirect ophthalmoscope  with +20D /+30D lens, pediatric indentor and teaching mirrors yes     yes      
l Fixation toy device     yes        
m Romanes Occluder     yes        
n Air Puff Tonometer     yes        
o Tonopen     yes        
p Worth 4 dot test set with Red and Green glasses – Near vision     yes        
q Worth 4 dot test set with Red and Green glasses – distance vision     yes        
r TNO stereo test set with Red and Green glasses.     yes        
s Electric Hess screen with fosters torches     yes        
t Loose prism set     yes        
u Prism bar – horizontal     yes        
v Prism bar – vertical     yes        
w RAF ruler     yes        
x Synoptophore     yes        
y B-Scan yes     yes      
z A-scan     yes        
aa Sheridan Gardiner test/ Cambridge simple crowding test              
bb Simple Snellen Visual acuity charts- drum              
cc Cardiff Card              
dd Set of trial lenses with trial frame              
ee Streak retinoscope              
ff Direct ophthalmoscope              
gg Head-band loupe              
hh Slit lamp with table & applanation tonometer              
ii 90 D or 78 D lens              
jj Operating Room              
kk Probing set yes     yes      
ll Instruments for examination Under GA     yes        
mm Ptosis surgical instrument  set     yes        
nn Enucleation surgical instrument set yes     yes      
oo Chalazion surgical instrument set yes     yes      
pp Strabismus surgical instrument set     yes        
qq Cataract/Phaco surgical instrument Set yes     yes      
rr Vertical/Horizontal autoclave with Time/Pressure/Temperature indicator     yes        
ss Flash/Speed autoclave/Hot air woven     yes        
tt Wet field cautery     yes        
uu HEPA Filters/ Laminar Air Flow     yes        
vv Operating Microscope with continuous zoom, observer scope/CCTV yes     yes      
ww Phaco machine with in-built vitrectomy probe     yes        
xx Vitrectomy unit     yes        
B Anesthetic Equipments
a Anesthesia Unit yes     yes      
b Patient monitor with pulse oximetry, blood pressure measurements, ECG, Temperature, capnography suitable for age range of children yes     yes      
c Pediatric ventilator yes     yes      
d Defibrillator yes     yes      
e Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) yes     yes      
f Suction Machine yes     yes      
C Optical Workshop Equipment
a Automatic lensometer yes     yes      
b Edging machine     yes        
c Surfacing Machine     yes        

Human Resources

Total Human Resources:

They have Senior Ophthalmologist, Junior Ophthalmologist, Outpatient Nurse, Ward Nurse, Theatre Nurse for the eye department but their numbers were not mentioned.

Name of the Ophthalmologists:

1. Prof. Dr. Firoz Kabir
2. Prof. Dr. Shamsul Arefin Chowdhury
3. Dr. Ahmed Abdul Hannan
4. Dr. Masud Parvez
5. Dr. Tanuja Tanjin
6. Dr. Mahmudul Hoque Mezbah

Professional Degree: Diploma in Ophthalmology, MCPS, MS, FCPS

Professional Training: Medical Retina, Cornea and Anterior Segment.  15 months

Cornea

Human Resources:

1. Cornea Consultant-1

Glaucoma

2. Ophthalmologist-3

Low Vision

3. Opthamologist: 4

Oculoplasty

4. Ophthalmologist-4

Adult Cataract

1. Senior Ophthalmologist-4
2. Junior Ophthalmologist-2
3. Outpatient Nurse-1
4. Ward Nurse-4
5. Theatre Nurse-1

Record keeping System: Papers only

Services

Clinical Service Area

1. Cornea
2. Refractive Error
3. Surgical Cataract
4. Glaucoma
5. Uvea
6. Orbit
7. General OPD
8. Nuro

Other facilities provided by Hospital

1. Microbiology
2. Pathology and clinical biochemistry
3. Housekeeping services and dietary services
4. Radiology

Space Management

Size of the Reception Room: 200 sq ft

Number of fellow cubicles: 4

Size of fellow cubicles: 300 sq ft

Number of MO cubicles: 4

Size of MO cubicles: 200 sq ft

Size of the common waiting area: 400 sq ft

Size of the Wash room 150 sq ft

Size of the Theater Area 400 sq ft

Size of the Post Operative Recovery room 600 sq ft

Size of the Store room 100 sq ft