VARD Eye Hospital, Balaganj, Sylhet
Facility Identification
Division: Sylhet
District: Sylhet
District Code: 91
Facility Type: Non Government Hospital
Establishment Year: 2003
Type of Hospital: Eye Hospital
Size of the Hospital: 9 shatak
Category: Secondary level Hospital
Funding: Sometimes donor agency funds the hospital and especially they bear the cost of poor patients.
Patient Information
Patient Type: All types of patients from different ages visit the hospital.
Average number of patients per day: 200
Payment Provided by: Patients. In this hospital there is a project going on named ‘Vision Bangla Project’ which helps the poor patients to pay for their services.
Equipments and Instruments
| 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 | ||||||
| b | Schiotz Tonometer | Yes | ||||||
| c | Direct Opthalmoscope | Yes | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| n | Near vision testing(Jaeger or Snellen) | Yes | ||||||
| o | Streak Retinoscope | Yes | ||||||
| p | Trial Frame and trial case | Yes | ||||||
| q | Prism bar | Yes | ||||||
| r | Refractometer | Yes | ||||||
| s | A-scan | Yes | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| m | Stethoscope | Yes | ||||||
| Surgical Instruments | ||||||||
| o | Cataract surgical sets | Yes | ||||||
| p | DCR set | Yes | ||||||
| q | Chalazion I/C set | Yes | ||||||
| r | Enucleation and Evisceration set | Yes | ||||||
| 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: 55
Senior Ophthalmologist: 2
Refractionist: 2
Optometrist: 3
Ward Nurse: 5
Theatre Nurse: 4
Name of the Ophthalmologists: 1. Dr. B K M Sanwar
- Dr. K M Shahriar
Professional Degree: FCPS
Professional Training: Pediatric Ophthalmology, IOL, PHACO
Professional Training Taken From: Ispahani Islamia Eye Hospital
Administrative Human Resources:
Administrator: 1
Eye Camp Coordinator: 2
Administrative Support Staff: 3
House keeper: 4
Cleaner: 7
Driver: 2
Security Staff: 2
Biomedical/Equipment Technician: 1
Counselor: 2
Record keeping System: Both in papers and computers.
Service Area
Provided Services:
- Refractive Error
- Cataract
- Glaucoma
- Trauma
They have outdoor service and they provide the service of refraction, ILO, BP, ECG, RBS, Biometry and other services.
Referral System: They refer their patients to different specialized hospitals such as Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Ispahani Islamia Eye Hospital, National Institute of Ophthalmology especially for the treatment of surgical strabismus, disorder of retina and vitrous and complicated pediatric cases.
Number of cataract in last 2 weeks: 215
Workload Estimation
Number of Beds in Hospital: 50
Effective Days for providing services: 300
Surgery per year: 9000
Patients per year in outdoor: 6000-7000
New patients per day: 130
Outreach Camp per month: 20
The hospital coordinates its primary eye care centers regularly.
Infrastructure
The hospital has OT, OPD, IPP including medical records, optical shop, medical shop. On an average, 35 operation take place everyday in the operation theatre. They have 5 wards and each of them have 10 beds. Size of the operation thetre is 700 sq ft, wards are 600 sq ft and the size of the office is 200 sq ft. They have continuous supply of water, electricity and gas and their standard of cleanliness is very good.
