Journals / Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine / 2019 / Cilt: 18 - Sayı: 3
Assessment of Safety Status and Response Capacity of Selected Primary Health Care Hospitals in Bangladesh
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- 137–141
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Abstract
Aim: Hospital is an integral part of society. It can play vital role in saving lives during disasters. Bangladesh is a highly disaster-pronecountry in the world. It is urgent to know the safety status and response capacity of our healthcare facilities to ensure effective, necessaryhealthcare services during a disaster, safety and security of healthcare providers and patients. Our aim was to assess hospital safety statusand response capacity of selected Upazila Health Complexes [primary healthcare hospital (PHH)].Materials and Methods: The study was conducted at three PHH namely - Savar, Dhamrai and Saturia PHH. Sampling Technique: Purposivesampling technique was used. Healthcare providers and supporting staffs of the selected PHH and the PHH building were the studypopulation of this study. The number of healthcare providers (physicians and nurses) in each PHH was 20. The total number of healthcareproviders as study population was 60. The number of supporting staffs in each PHH was 73. The total number of supporting staff as studypopulation was 219. PHH itself was a study population in this study and the total number of PHHs as study population was three. Estimatedtotal number of study population was 282. Data were collected from 110 participants due to resource constraint. Of the 110 participants,28 were physicians, 26 were nurses and 50 were other staffs. Three hospitals (PHH) were also included as the study population in this study.Results: Among the three PHH, Savar and Dhamrai were classified as average resilient healthcare facilities on the impacts of the eventualdisasters and Saturia PHH was classified as vulnerable healthcare facility on the impacts of the disasters.Conclusion: Bangladesh has a large population compared to scarce healthcare resources. It is very pertinent to know the hospital safetystatus and response capacity of the healthcare facilities. Although it was a small-scale study, the results are alarming. This study will helppolicymakers decide priority-based resource allocations for the hospitals.