Monthly Archives: December 2013

Healthcare Project in Korail Slum

Good Heal Trust’s outreach team is proud to say that the team was able to reach out to a greater number of patients at the Korail Slum than expected. A total of 400 patients were given medical treatment. 324 from the clinic and 86 from the two camps set up on 11^th December and 24^th December. This is great news considering the fact that GHT had started off with only 8 clinic patients and 0 camp patients when it initially launched its outreach program back in May, 2013.

Similar to previous sessions, Good Heal Trust presented health awareness sessions twice a week on general health advice to patients of the Korail Slum. Advice pertaining to personal hygiene, family planning, common diseases amongst women, common diseases present in households and many other issues were discussed. Focus Group Discussions (FDGs) were held with 680 people within the slum.

Good Heal Trust was also successful in referring 73 patients to different hospitals across Dhaka, including GHT Health Camp, Gulshan Seba Hospital, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Mohakhali TB Hospital.

Patients were also sent to Gulshan Seba House for different health tests, including the Ultrasound Sonography Test (USG), Thyroid Test, X-rays, Complete Blood Count (CBC) and Urine Culture & Sensitivity (C/S) tests.

Through Skype sessions, Dr.Apurba Kumar Saha, Dr.Aynul Kabir, and Dr. Farhana Khatun  have  given service  to  11  patients via Skype. Nurses provided follow ups to 26 patients.

In the camps, a total of 78 patients registered as Good Heal Trust‘s registered patients. A few of them had already registered from before. Good Heal Trust provided a health card to each person. A mere Tk50 was charged as the card registration fee. Each card holder patient was also given a registration number. By showing this health card, a slum dweller can enjoy all the services offered by Good Heal Trust through its clinic. If a registered member needs any kind of pathological or radiology test, Good Heal Trust will provide the patient a 25 % discount. In addition, with the health card the patient receives a 50% discount on doctor visits.

The trust hopes to serve even more patients in the upcoming months.

Nurses’ Skill Enhancement Program

It is with great pleasure that GHT has started its NSEP program once again at National Heart Foundation! We look forward to starting classes at Birdem 2 from the second week of January, 2014.

 Nursing Classes: The topics covered in nursing include: nursing history, new challenges in nursing, principles of nursing, scope of nursing, extended and expanded roles of a nurse, health and illness continuum, human needs, the nursing process, and health assessment.

English Classes:

The topics covered in the English Classes include: self introductions, visiting doctors and expressing feelings, holidays and vocations, homes and hospitals and childhood memories. For grammar/usage, topics covered include: simple past tense, simple future tense, adjectives, regular and irregular verbs.

Computer Classes: The topics covered in Computer Classes include: computer orientation, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, introduction on how to use the internet and opening new emails.

If interested in working with us or if you simply want to find out more information about what we endeavor to bring to the over-all healthcare system, current/future projects and much more, please visit us at: www.goodhealtrust.org