Rumaisa General Hospital and Diagnostic Center – a general large scale hospital formed by competent business professional of Bangladesh in the year 2018. The hospital is located at Kaliakoir, Gazipur on 10 decimal land. Considering 166.37 million population of Bangladesh where 33% of population residing in urban areas; Bangladesh health service sector has prospects of growth opportunities in next 10 years. There are shortages of healthcare facility in semi-urban and rural area. As a consequence, flow of Patients to capital city Dhaka is huge. The hospital is located at Kaliakoir, Gazipur where around 4.5 lacs people reside. Kaliakoir is such an Upazila, where around 11 private clinics, 1 Upazila health complex, around 35 Community clinics are available. Altogether capacities of these establishments are around 140 beds. In respect of population size, healthcare facility is not adequate in the area. Thus patients from this region are moving to Dhaka or other healthcare establishment of Gazipur District for treatment. Bed occupancy rate of these healthcare facilities are as high as 100% approximately.
Considering the scope to grow, Rumaisa General Hospital and Diagnostic Center has planned to increase its capacity to 150 beds from existing 35 beds along with enhanced medical, diagnostic and pharmacy services. Upon full utilization, it will require around 220 persons for serving in clinical ground. Total project cost (including expansion requirement) of the hospital has been estimated to be BDT 518 million out of which BDT 147 million has invested by promoter already and rest BDT 371 million will be financed by bank. Feasibility study of the hospital has been completed and a 10 year financial projection has been depicted in the report. The hospital is already in operations and has planned to start commercial operation with expanded capacity within 6 months of availing bank finance. Present authority of the hospital has planned to convert its ownership status to private limited company within 3 months.
Rumaisa General Hospital and Diagnostic Center has started its journey as a proprietorship concern in Kaliakair, Gazipur on February 2018. It started with a vision to become a “Centre of Excellence in Rural Health” and committed to being a leading provider of health care services in Bangladesh.
At present, the hospital is serving with 35 beds including 15 cabins and 20 beds in general wards. It is well equipped with a modern high technology laboratory with skilled technicians, one X-Ray and one ECG Machine with experts‟ physicians reporting systems, real-time three-dimensional ultrasound imaging machine with expert sonographers. The hospital is running with two modern operation theatre complexes with Anesthesia machines, monitors electro-cautery system and all the surgical instruments for gynecological, surgical, orthopedics, ENT and other surgeries.
RGHD is providing services for 24 hours for all types of emergency or any other primary health care by experienced residential medical officers. Moreover, it is providing expert consultation by specialist physicians round the week. Renowned consultants from different medical colleges from Dhaka are providing treatment to the kaliakair patients. Currently Internal medicine, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Neurology, Dermatology and Venerology, Ophthalmology, Urology specialist are giving their expert consultation to the patients attending at Rumaisa General Hospital and Diagnostic Center.
The hospital is giving coverage to major numbers of gynecological and obstetrics patients with all types of major and minor surgeries including laparoscopic surgeries. Its comprehensive maternal and child health packages include experts Obstetricians, Neonatologists and anesthetists. Thus, the hospital is also providing service to referral high risk cases. RGHD also providing service to infertile couple with provision to monitor them by Transvaginal Sonography (TVS).
RGHD is supporting the patients with 24 hours ambulance service and medicine by pharmacy support. As it has a huge space to serve & install other required equipments, the authority has planned to develop 150 bed hospital for health and diagnostic services with NICU support and also the telemedicine services through which the hospital can provide national and international consultancy in near future.
Ms. Shirin Akhter is proprietor of the hospital. Present authority of the hospital has planned to convert its ownership status to private limited company within 3 months.
RGHDC has planned to recruit a pool of experienced local nurses. The nursing department will be managed by Nursing Supervisor who will supervise all the nurses of the hospital. The Nursing supervisor will work under the supervision of Manager, Medical Services.
To enable hospitals to deliver good quality and safe healthcare, trained technicians are a prerequisite. RGHDC will have a Technician manager who will supervise Housekeepers and perfusionist. Suitable retention strategies will also be developed to both motivate and thus retain high-quality technician personnel.
The hospital plans to provide regular training for its nurses and technicians. Upon establishment of its capacity to 150 beds hospital, it will have employment structure as mentioned below:
| Department | No. of Employee |
|---|---|
| Hospital Service | 203 |
| IT | 03 |
| Hospitality | 12 |
| Marketing & Advertising | 09 |
| Finance & Accounts | 07 |
| HR & Admin | 02 |
| Purchase | 05 |
| Maintenance | 13 |
| Security | 14 |
| Support | 4 |
| Others (Driver, cleaner etc.) | 43 |
| Total | 315 |