পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৪২

506 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ Medical Care For Bangladesh 27 October, 1971 Freedom Fighters Vol. 1 : No. 18 MEDICAL CARE FOR FREEDOM FIGHTERS A number of Base Hospitals have been set up in lose proximity to the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini military camps. One such field-hospital, named “Bangladesh” is in full operation in the Comilla Sector. It has an all-Bangladesh staff of 6 Doctors, 4 FinalYear Medical Students and 18 volunteer nurses, and it has been sponsored by the Bangladesh Medical Association in the United Kingdom. Dr. Abdul Mobin Choudhury is a young Bengali Doctor who gave up his practice in England and is now working full-time in helping to run this Base Hospital. The Base Hospital is serviced by 12 forward sub-sector Medical centers which in turn are connected to the various advanced field positions of the Mukti Bahini, at each of these advanced field positions there are two stretcher-bearers trained in First-Aid whose job it is to evacuate injured men quickly to the sub-sector headquarters. Those who have minor injuries, such as splinter injuries in non-sensitive places, or grazing bullet wounds, are kept back at this point to be treated in the tented medical centers, and to be tended by a Doctor and a medical assistant. Those who have more serious injuries are transferred to the Base Hospital. Base Hospital Bangladesh is made up of sungrass and bamboo structures and have capacity for accommodating 100 indoor patients. 80% of these are for war casualties while the rest are for people suffering from serious illnesses. The fact that this Base Hospital of Bangladesh services 10,000 fighting men, is an indication of how low the casualties of the Mukti Bahini actually are. Most of the equipment at the hospital has been captured by the Mukti Bahini from enemy-controlled medical centers inside Bangladesh. In this way, the hospital has acquired a large amount of surgical instruments and an electrical generator. The hospital is still always struggling for medicines and other essential supplies. Sometimes the doctors improvise things. Thus, old mosquito nets are cut up to make gauze and bed sheets for bandages, The Base Hospital Bangladesh has been recently visited by the President, Prime Minister and the C-in-C, all of whom have warmly praised the organizers and have promised that the Bangladesh Government will give it all necessary help. The Bangladesh Government is now beginning to arrange for a steady flow of medical supplies and it is to be hoped that organizations abroad will also come forward with donations of medical equipment.