Role of Ad-Din Hospital in Healthcare

Ad-Din was established in 1980 in Jashore, a southwestern district town of Bangladesh, with the inspiration of eminent industrialist and philanthropist late Sheikh Akij Uddin and the initiative of eminent philanthropist and renowned educationist late Professor Sharif Hossain. Dr. Sheikh Mohiuddin has been serving as the executive director of Ad-Din since the beginning. 

Ad-Din's development journey began with the establishment of a small orphanage. Subsequently, its scope expanded to various branches. Ad-Din has now become a national organization with operations almost all over the country. Along with government efforts, this institution is playing a vital role in the health, education, employment and economic development of the backward people of the country.

Health activities

Ad-Din Hospital is working with the promise of quality health care within the possible cost of everyone. The first branch of Ad-Din Hospital started its operations on March 3, 1985 with only one doctor in a two-storey tin house on Railway Road in Jashore town with outpatient services. Subsequently, on 1 January 1991, the inter-departmental activities of this wing were started.

It has become a full-fledged medical college hospital in the South-West region with almost all types of treatment facilities including modern healthcare facilities. At present health care activities are being conducted in Jashore city through 3 branches (Ad-Din Sakina Medical College Hospital, Ad-Din Children's Hospital, Ad-Din Eye Hospital).

Two similar hospitals were opened in Dhaka's Moghbazar in 1997 and Kushtia's Khanapara in 1999 with the aim of providing quality services within the reach of all. On February 25, 2012, Bashundhara Ad-Din Hospital in South Keraniganj, Dhaka in a joint initiative of Bashundhara Group and Ad-Din Foundation, on February 8, 2013, Ad-Din Akij Hospital in Boyara, Khulna and on May 26, 2017, Ad-Din Barrister Rafiq-ul-Haq Hospital in Postogola, Dhaka begin actions.

Apart from this, the construction of the 11-storey Ad-Din Sakina Medical College Hospital has already been completed on about one and a half hundred bighas of land at Pullerhat in Jashore. The services of this hospital have been started with the official opening on March 11, 2023.
Ad-Deen Mobile Eye Care Project has been running since August 2003 with the aim of making eye care available to the rural poor. Since its inception, over 1 lakh people have undergone cataract surgery and artificial lens implantation through the project.

Health Education Program

Educational programs of 4 medical colleges are being conducted by Ad-Din Foundation in Dhaka, Jashore and Khulna. Ad-Din Women's Medical College in Moghbazar, Dhaka from the academic year 2008-2009, Ad-Din Sakina Medical College in Pulerhat, Jashore from the academic year 2011-2012, Bashundhara Ad-Din in Bashundhara Riverview Project area of South Keraniganj, Dhaka from the academic year 2014-2015 and Boyara in Khulna from 2015-2016. In the academic year, the educational program started at Ad-Din Akij Medical College.

It is to be noted that currently for 285 seats in 4 medical colleges, 100 students in Ad-Din Women's Medical College, 50 students in Bashundhara Ad-Din Medical College, 75 students in Ad-Din Sakina Women's Medical College and 75 students in Ad-Din Akij Medical College per academic year. 60 students were admitted.

Institute of Nursing

Ad-Din Nursing Institute was established on August 6, 1997 next to Jashore Ad-Din Hospital on a small scale to encourage, accept and implement the healthcare profession. Subsequently, Safina Nursing Institute at Kushtia Ad-Din Hospital campus in September 2005 and Fatima Nursing Institute affiliated to Ad-Din Hospital in Dhaka in 2006 were started.
Under Ad-Din Women's Medical College, the activities of the Nursing College Unit started from the academic year 2016-2017. It is to be noted that currently, for 230 seats in 4 nursing institutes, 50 people in Diploma in Nursing Science and Midwifery course in Fatima Nursing College, 50 people in Basic B.Sc in Nursing Science course and 30 people in Post Basic B.Sc in Nursing course, 40 people in Bashundhara Ad-Din Nursing Institute in every academic year. Besides, 30 students were admitted in Ad-Din Nursing Institute and 30 in Safina Nursing Institute.

Ad-Din Women's Institute of Health & Technology:

Ad-Din Women's Institute of Health Technology, Jashore was approved by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 27th December 2007, affiliated and registered by Bangladesh National Faculty of Medicine and Bangladesh Pharmacy Council. From the academic year 2007-2008, 25 students are admitted every year in the 3-year Health Technology (Labmedicine), Dental and Radiology and Imaging courses.

Ad-Din encourages natural derivation
Ad-Din's hospital role in avoiding unnecessary seizures is well known. Ad-Din Medical College Hospital always strives and is sincere about normal childbirth. Ad-Din has always been at the forefront of painless natural delivery. All Ad-Din hospitals are committed to stopping unnecessary caesareans. The obstetrician is encouraged to have a normal delivery, even if there is a history of first-time cesarean.

In Ad-Din, such deliveries are happening almost every day. The first time is not possible without cesarean due to various reasons. But next time, there is no such complication. In such circumstances normal delivery is being followed in ad-din. Elsewise, there were no complications for mother and child. However, close monitoring of the patient is essential in this case. There is no risk of accidents. Ad-din is one-to-one, i.e. a midwife dedicated to a mother. But if any complications occur during normal delivery, there is not a moment's delay for cesarean.

Ad-Din's Moghbazar branch has a normal daily delivery of 40-50. Ad-Din is a referral hospital. Referred patients from different places come here. A critical patient cannot go to another hospital for various reasons. One of them is cost overrun. Because of this, patients come from other places to this hospital. In other places where caesarean section costs more than lakh taka, according to the package announced in the hospital, the first caesarean is taka 12,000. This includes OT, medicine and doctor consultancy.

But if a patient has high blood pressure, diabetes or other complex problems, the cost is extra. Here the patients do not have to pay any additional expenses in the ward. But many patients choose the cabin. For this, the cost has to be calculated. Seeing the tidy condition of the hospital, they became interested in the cabin. Relatives can also go there. But men are completely banned in the women's ward. Apart from this, sick newborns are kept in NICU. But if the child does not have any problems and the mother does not have any complications, it does not cost more than 12-15 thousand.

More than 3-4 hundred expectant mothers come to take antenatal care at the pregnant service center in Moghbazar branch of Ad-Din. The reason so many mothers come, they know, is that Ad-Din is sincere and diligent about normal delivery. We have regular telecommunications with them. Even we used to send SMS to them. Before the checkup date, contact is made before delivery. They are encouraged about hospital delivery through counselling. Home birth is discouraged.

Ad-Din is the largest NICU in the country

Ad-Din Hospital is providing services for all diseases. Services are being provided to all patients irrespective of men, women and children. It is a tertiary care center. Intensive care unit (NICU) service is very strong. There is CCU service. Ad-Din Hospital has the largest Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the country.
One hundred and forty bed NICU unit. Many patients migrate here because of the low cost and guaranteed quality healthcare. The procedures followed for infection prevention in ICU, NICU, CCU and dialysis are of international standards. The machineries used in the treatment are also modern. Physiotherapy center is using the latest and most advanced equipments, which are not available anywhere in the country. Many stroke patients move here due to low cost of care.

Kidney dialysis at 250 taka

Dialysis services have been introduced at a nominal cost to serve the poor and indigent patients. The poor will get the opportunity of kidney dialysis for just 250 taka at Ad-Din Medical College Hospital located in the capital Moghbazar. A state-of-the-art kidney dialysis ward and coronary care unit were inaugurated in the hospital in 2021. Ad-Din Foundation Executive Director Dr. Sheikh Mohiuddin said, we want to work in the service of people. I want to gain Allah's pleasure by serving people. A long time dream has come true with the inauguration of Kidney Dialysis Ward and Coronary Care Unit. Kidney patients can now get advanced treatment at Ad-Deen Hospital at a nominal cost. Here the helpless poor patients will get kidney dialysis service for just 250 taka. Ad-Din Pharmaceuticals Executive Director Professor Dr. Jamalunnecha said, Ad-Din is working as a role model at the national level in health services in Bangladesh. We always want to be next to people through service in a comfortable environment.

A state-of-the-art 18-bed ward has been set up for kidney patients. Skilled doctors and nurses will provide services here with advanced equipment. Dialysis is a long term and expensive treatment. At Ad-Din Hospital, patients can get this quality medical care at a low cost.

Ad-din provides cheapest ambulance services for TK 380

Ad-Din Medical College Hospital, is providing ambulance service at the lowest fare in the capital Dhaka, for only TK 380, within its mapped area, for emergency patients including pregnant women. If it is within three kilometers from the Ad-Din hospital, the cost is Tk 200, and the area covers Technical, Mirpur-2, Mirpur-10, Sainik Club, Kuril, Badda Notun bazar, Badda Main road, Meradia Bazar, Basabo Kodomtola bridge, Nandipara bridge, Zanapoder mor, Dayaganj, English road, Nazira Bazar, Hazaribag, Mohammadpur Beribadh at a cost of Tk 380. 

And if the patient take rent of the ambulance service to go other hospitals, the cost is Tk 520.  If anyone calls, a trained driver of ambulance service will take the patient.to the doctor concerned. Ad-Din Sakina Medical College Hospital in Moghbazar, already has gained a reputation for providing advanced medical services at low cost. Besides, the ambulance service also caught everyone's attention.

Ad-Din has also increased the number of ambulances at 112 considering the demand to get services easily at doorsteps, said Prof Dr Nahid Yasmin, director general (Hospital and Nursing) of the hospital, added that our ambulance can go to all streets of Dhaka because of its small size. "The ambulance has oxygen facilities and necessary emergency equipment. As a result, the patient is much safer in the ambulance," said Nahid Yasmin. Stating that there are 53 ambulances in Dhaka's Moghbazar, she said that if anyone calls the ambulance center, an ambulance is sent from the nearest place through the GPS system. Regarding the service at only Tk 380, she said, only the fuel cost is charged to the patient. But it is much less than the cost.

These ambulances of Suzuki-Maruti model will cost Tk 30 per kilometer outside the specified area Ambulance service has been introduced at low cost so that everyone can avail the low-cost ambulance service The aim is to provide 24 hours service.

Hotline for Ambulance Service 10610. One can also call on 01713-48841 and 01713-488412.

Abu Said Molla, manager of the hospita in charge of the ambulance center, said that they have ambulances at 13 spots in Dhaka city. He said that the plan to keep two ambulances standby in each police station area is under process, and everyone's cooperation is needed in this regard. Ambulance drivers are given incentives on the basis of service and their problems are listened to and resolved.

Free mobile eye care

The free Ad-Din mobile eye care program has been running since August 2003 to ensure eye care services for the rural poor. Note that this program of Ad-Din started with the technical and financial support of Site Savers International, but subsequently, from 2017, with the technical support of Site Savers International, Ad-Din's own funding and the funds made up of six days' salary of Ad-Din's employees every year and the first month of increased salary every year. 

At present this service is being provided in 10 districts of Khulna division through two mobile eye operation theatres. With the goal of restoring sight to 10,000 blind people a year, camps are set up in villages and after identifying the patients, Ad-Din's own bus brings them to the hospital for free cataract surgery. Ad-Deen Akij Medical College Hospital, Khulna: Ad-Din Cakkhu Hospital, Jashore and Ad-Din Hospital, Kushtia are simultaneously restoring light to the eyes of helpless people by performing cataract surgery.

Statistics on provision of free eye care: 2003 to 2024

A total of 8 thousand 500 camps were held. General medical services are taken by more than 5 lakh patients. Cataract operation- 1 lakh 30 thousand. Distribution of glasses to 32 thousand.