Nilphamari Government Leprosy Hospital Dhaka TribuneOnly 7 persons, including a medical officer (on deputation) and a nurse, are currently treating patients at the hospital. The leprosy hospital was established in 1965 on 8 acres of land at Notkhana village under Palashbari union in the district’s Sadar upazila, to tend to leprosy affected patients in the eight districts, including Nilphamari, of the northern region. Only 7 persons, including a medical officer (on deputation) and a nurse, are currently treating patients at the hospital. But only one of them is currently working at the hospital as 7 nurses were transferred to Nilphamari Sadar Modern Hospital on deputation. Seeking anonymity, an employee of the hospital said that medical tests of leprosy patients had completely stopped.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 09, 2020 14:26 UTC