Gazipur Medical College

Facility Identification

Division: Dhaka

District: Manikganj

District Code: 56

Facility Type: Government Hospital

Type of Hospital: Mixed Hospital

Category: Secondary Level Hospital

Size: 5 acres

Patient Information

All kinds of patients come here for the treatment of their eyes.

Average number of patients per day: 65

Patient number in last year: 18000

Payment Provided by: Government

Equipments and Instruments

The hospital gets equipments and instruments as donation from Government.

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 2
b Schiotz Tonometer   yes   yes 1
c Direct Opthalmoscope   yes yes 1
d Indirect Opthalmoscope   yes
e 90 D lens   yes
f 20 D lens   yes
g Gonioprism   yes
h Bjerum’s screen     yes
i Hess chart screen   yes
j Material for diplopia chart   yes
k Red green goggles     yes
Refraction
m Snellen test type   yes yes 1
n Near vision testing(Jaeger or Snellen)   yes yes 1
o Streak Retinoscope   yes yes 1
p Trial Frame and trial case   yes yes 1
q Prism bar     yes
r Refractometer   yes   yes 1
s A-scan yes yes 1
t Keratometer yes yes 1
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 yes 1
b PHACO Machine yes
c Automated Vitrectomy yes
d Bipolar Cautery yes
e Steam Autoclave yes yes 1
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 1
r Enucleation and Evisceration set yes yes 1
D Optical dispensing instruments  
a Manual Edging set   yes
b Rimless & Supraframes grooving machine   yes
c Lensometer     yes
d Trial set (Manual power check)     yes

Human Resources

Total Human Resources: 9

Junior Ophthalmologist: 1

Refractionist: 1

Nurse: 1

1 nurse work for the whole department.

Name of the Ophthalmologist: 1. Dr. Biplob Kumar, Consultant

Professional Degree: Diploma in Ophthalmology, MS

Professional Training got from: Nepal

Administrative Human Resources:

Administrator: 1

Eye Camp Coordinator: 1

Administrative Support Staff: 1

House keeper: 1

Cleaner: 1

Counselor: 1

Record keeping system: In papers.

Service Area

Refractive error
Cataract
Glaucoma
Lacrimal Surgery

Referral System: If needed they refer their patients to some specialized hospitals like National Institute of Ophthalmology and Islamia Eye Hospital for the complicated cases i.e. surgical strabismus, disorder of retina and vitrous and complicated pediatric cases. They ask their patients to revisit the hospital to follow up them.

Number of Cataract Operation in 2 weeks: 15

Workload Estimation

Effective Days for providing services: 280 days

Surgery per year: 480

Outdoor patients per year: 18000

New patients per day: 60

Infrastructure

They have OT, OPD, IPP including medical records, optical shop and medical shop. In the theatre area operations take place once a week. There are 2 dedicated beds for the eye department. Size of the office is 300 sq ft. The hospital doesn’t all kinds of power supply and it’s cleanliness is so so.