বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র
The problem of organizing the Defense Medical Service is really complicated but Dr. Hossain has now stream-lined the organizational setup and channelized three sources of Medical supply, namely, i.) Host Forces Source, ii) Public Donations, and iii) Our Government Resources.
We have placed Rs. 10 Lakhs for next three months to be used in three Sectors. We are going to establish one dispensary (RAP) at each Sub-Sector, supplying firstaid medicines worth about Rs. 100.00 with each batch of Fighters.
We are trying to place one Mobile Unit at each Sub-Sector and establish 10 ADS (Advanced Dressing Station) at 10 Sectors, with at least 50 beds in each. We have established the first Bangladesh Forces Hospital, 100 bedded, in Sector 2. We are going to have one like that in each, Sector.
Construction has started already for three such ADS, one at Sectors 1, 2 & 3.
We have set up one 25 bedded Hospital at Karimganj and one 30 bedded Hospital at Tetulia, 10 beded at Patgram, 10 bedded at Shahebganj. We are expecting two 50 bedded Mobile Hospitals, one for Dowki and one for Dalu.
We are going to set up one Hospital at Rowmari with 20 beds, in the course of one month. We have received-as gifts—4 Convalescent Homes for the injured members of the Mukti Bahini: one 40 bedded at Agartala; one 10 bedded at Shillong, Tura and Coochbehar. The number of beds in those Hospitals will be received with the growing demands-there is a plan to set up a 300 bedded Hospital somewhere in West Zone. Mr. M. K. Bhimani has promised to run them on behalf of Hariana Bangladesh Mukti Shahayak Samity.
We are fully aware of our problems relating to transport and treatment of patients.
The most outstanding one is TRANSPORT: We do not have enough transport for i) carrying the patients from the field to the Hospitals. We lost some valuable lives and limbs because of lack of timely transport, ii) We are unable to send our medicines in time for want of transport. Anyway, we are trying to solve this problem through various sources and our limited resources.
Our second problem is MEDICINE: We have not yet spent any money to buy medicines. Dr. Hossain collected gifts of medicines worth over 1% lakh rupees which has been distributed to all Sectors. Many organizations collected medicines by the name of Mukti Bahini but no trace of these collected medicines were available to any Sector Commanders. We should make collective efforts to place all medicine at the disposal of our Central Store.
The third problem is DOCTORS: We initially deputed most of our doctors to the Evacuee Camps, so enough doctors are not available for Mukti Bahini. Besides, very few trained Surgeons are available. We are negotiating for Surgeons in England.
Difficulty of communications due to bad roads, Jungles, and forests are our main handicaps. Anyway, we are trying to solve these problems with the help of our host as far as possible.
