Negligence in Government Hospitals of Bangladesh: A Dangerous Trend
Author Affiliations
- 1 Institute of Social Welfare and Research (ISWR), University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1205, BANGLADESH
Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 4, Issue (5), Pages 12-18, May,14 (2015)
Abstract
Over the years, medical negligence- negligence by doctors, physicians, nurses, health assistants and other health professionals- has become a common phenomenon in health sector of Bangladesh that received an unprecedented level of attention from all. Moreover, the culture of impunity to the concerned professionals added a new dimension to this malpractice and, therefore, the number of death and deterioration of health due to the negligence is on the rise. The people of Bangladesh receiving health services, perhaps, took it as their predestination to be somehow neglected to varying degrees in health settings of the country. Although almost every day we find the news of negligence through media, but the real scenario is more severe than what is reported that claimed a study to be conducted to know the real scenario of negligence in health settings of the country. This paper, however, tries to disclose existing malpractice and negligence people- patients and their attendants- usually incur in hospitals of the country, covering the nature of negligence they face by the accused. Furthermore, the paper also highlights the nature of behaviors of the concerned service providers to the receivers and to what extent the latter are satisfied towards the former ones. Data have been collected from the patients and their attendants receiving services from the nine purposively selected government hospitals of Bangladesh. It shows that the overwhelming number of the patients and their attendants somehow faced negligence, though with different nature, in the hospitals by the concerned professionals and showed their dissatisfaction towards hospital services they were provided with.
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