Table 2.
Availability of Healthcare facilities | Gaps in Preparedness | |
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At Rohingya Camp | 36 Primary health clinics (PHC) | (1 PHC/25,000 persons) are available in the camp settings, but the total number of functioning PHCs varies |
01 institutional quarantine center | 01 quarantine and testing center are inadequate for a one million Rohingya refugees. | |
01 testing facility available for Rohingya refugees in the camps | ||
14 SARI ITCs operational Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Isolation and Treatment Centers | 1292 (652 active and 579 standby beds) bed occupancy were ready at the end of the December,2020 was not sufficient for 01 million Rohingya refugees. No Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or ventilator capacity | |
At Cox's Bazar District | 10 ICU beds in Cox's Bazar district | Without HEPA filter, Negative pressure facility merely can support critical patient of COVID-19 according to the WHO's IPC strategies. |
250 bed capacity are available in Cox's Bazar Sadar hospital in Cox's Bazar district | Typically treats between 400 and 600 inpatients daily; 50–60 of whom are estimated to be refugees available. | |
Testing capacities | 1500 samples/day is inadequate | |
5 quarantine and 20 isolation facilities in Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazilas, with multi-sector support. | These facilities barely provide the sufficient facilities for all Rohingya refugees and host communities. |
(Source: Author prepared based on (IRC, 2020; Truelove et al., 2020; UNHCR, 2020) mainly