Aurobindo Child Hospital Dinajpur

Ubicación

Aurobindo Child Hospital in the Dinajpur district, nearly 350 kilometer North-West from the capital Dhaka of Bangladesh. The hospital was established in 1987 by a number of dedicated social activists. At the time, there was no children’s hospital in the district. Initially, the hospital provided free outpatient services to neonates and children in a single small room, staffed with 2 to 3 volunteer doctors. In contrast, today, 3 to 4 famous pediatric doctors voluntarily extend their support to this hospital. For a week at a time, each pediatrician will take personal time to provide services to these children at no charge to the hospital. This group of dedicated doctors is a key resource for Aurobindo. In addition to the volunteered time of these doctors, other employees, including medical officers, accept lower than market pay rates out of their dedication to improving children’s health.
Because of the importance of children’s health to the local community, Aurobindo’s single small room was replaced with a 3-story building. Since then, the number of patients has been increasing every day. Patients from neighboring districts are even being referred and come regularly for better services. Currently, between 80 and 100 children receive outpatient services every day. Inpatient services have been started with 10-bed capacity but there has been continuous demand for more than 30 to 40 admissions a day, mostly of neonates and infants. In the absence of alternative available facilities, Aurobindo permits the admission of patients beyond bed capacity in life threatening situations.