The aim of our organisation is to create a robust health system and improve the health of people in rural Bangladesh. This is through providing free health care which will be achieved byproviding basic primary care in rural clinics based on the UK NHS General practice model.
It will focus on providing ongoing primary care with an emphasis on prevention and detection of disease as well as treatment of people’s acute health needs.
We will also run special projects and programmes in response to local and global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
ABOUT US:
We aim to create a group of clinics set across Greater Sylhet starting with our flagship project in Shaharpara, Jogonnathpur. The aim of our clinics is to grow organically, become self-sufficient, operate on set NHS standards and meet the needs of local people.
Through creating a homogenous group of clinics working along a single set of standards, they will be able to work together to provide standardised care across a large rural population.
Our first clinic was established in November 2019 by Dr Abdul wadud Kamali and colleagues. This was started after witnessing the poverty which poor health brings, identifying the basic health needs in Shaharpara, and applying a basic but robust form of the NHS general practice model.
BRPHI was then established through a joint effort between doctors in the UK and doctors in Sylhet.
PROVISIONS OF CARE:
· As an organisation, BRPHI will take responsibility for and look after a defined population which will be a village or union.
· Provide ongoing free health care for the poor, and chargeable for the financially able.
· Free health care: consultation, basic ongoing medications and basic minimum tests. Further optional testing can be paid for by patients.
· Local and global health needs: respond to global and local crises by identifying the needs of the rural populations and provide health care and assistance based on World Health Organisation (WHO), UK and local governmental guidelines.
CLINICIANS STRUCTURE:
· Specialist every 2 weeks – Medicine, Obs & Gynae, Paediatrics, surgery (2:1:1:1)
· Medical officer (MBBS) with training in chronic disease management. A minimum of 2 days a week.
· British trained GPs: provide specialist training to medical officers and specialists, raise funds, link to local population.
BASIC STRUCTURE OF LONG TERM CARE:
· Day to day:
o to start with free care to 1 member of each family (financially responsible adult - protect the responsible person to ensure regular income for the family and therefore prevent severe poverty)
o Introduce further family members at a later stage.
o 8 appointments a year for each patient: 4 on doctors’ request for chronic disease management, 4 when patient needs to and chooses to attend.
· Compulsory immunisations
· Compulsory health screening
· Compulsory eye tests.
