International Journal of Neurorehabilitation

Nafisa Huq

Publications

• Research Article
  Demography and Diagnosis of Patients Received Emergency Medical Service from Two Private Psychiatric Hospital in Dhaka City
  Author(s): SM Yasir Arafat, Md. Saleh Uddin, Esmot Zarin Chowdhury, Nafisa Huq, Shoebur Reza Choudhury and Md. Hafizur Rahman ChowdhurySM Yasir Arafat, Md. Saleh Uddin, Esmot Zarin Chowdhury, Nafisa Huq, Shoebur Reza Choudhury and Md. Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury
  
  Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is an important option in health care delivery system which can reduce morbidity and mortality. Though emergency medical service (EMS) service available for physical illness, still absent for mental illness in government sector. Bangladesh is one of the developing countries in Asia which just transformed from low income status to lower middle income. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in adult is 6.5 to 31% but the government expenses 0.06% of the total budget in mental health sector and the mental health act is yet to be approved. This cross sectional study intended to observe the demography and distribution of diagnosis of patients of two private hospitals who were hospitalized involuntarily via EMS. Two psychiatric hospitals were selected purposively and reviewed the EMS request forms and hospital discharge certificates of the r.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0281.1000240

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