Moulvibazar Correspondent :
Complaints have been received about poor quality food being provided to patients at the 50-bed Upazila Health Complex Hospital in Kulaura, Moulvibazar. A contractor named Junaid Zahid Traders has been hired to provide food to patients in the financial year 2024-25.
There have been allegations that the company was given the responsibility of supplying food even after it came second in the EGP tender process. When local journalists went to collect information, a commotion broke out at the hospital. On Wednesday afternoon, the hospital was visited by a group of journalists.
Seeing the presence of journalists the contractor and other concerned parties started running Hospital chief Dr. Zakir Hossain measured the ingredients for the patients’ food. Later, contractor Muktar Ahmed shared the ingredients with the cook. Meanwhile, last
In April, an ACC team from the Habiganj Integrated Office visited the hospital and warned the concerned after finding out that the food was not sufficient.
In addition to medicines, patients are provided with three meals (breakfast in the morning, rice in the afternoon and dinner) worth 175 taka every day by the government. In addition, on special days, each patient is provided with food for 200 taka. According to the terms of the tender, the hospital has three meals a week.
They are supposed to give 350 grams of rice, 175 grams of chicken meat, 150 grams of chicken meat, and 75 grams of chicken meat. But the meat is not being given in the right quantity. They are supposed to give 350 grams of rice, 150 grams of fish, 75 grams of fish, 75 grams of fish, four days a week. Every day, patients
In the morning, two breads, one boiled egg, and two ripe bananas are supposed to be served. But here, small bananas and low-quality breads are being served. But the food served is of low quality, including fish and meat, thick rice, rotten and stale curry, and the quantity is less.
On June 24, 31 patients were admitted to the hospital, on June 23, 35 patients, on June 22, 36 patients, on June 21, 35 patients, on June 20, 30 patients, on June 19, 37 patients, on June 18, 40 patients, on June 17, 41 patients, and on June 16, 34 patients were admitted.
