Siraj Berkshire Sadar Hospital Summary

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Patients at Sirajganj Sadar Hospital responded that their experience at the hospital pharmacy is not “very good”. Initial assessment showed that before the training program pharmacy personnel would spend an average of .47 minutes per patient.
In addition, the patient exit surveys also showed that only few patient were satisfied and/or understood what they were suggested. The patient surveys also revealed that the vast majority didn’t know anything about the duration of their treatment. Before training, almost all of patients stated that they were not aware of any potentially serious side effects of their medication(s) and drug-drug and/or drug-food interaction.
One patient said, “…we don’t know, how many patients everyday are dying due to

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