Department

Head of the Department     :    Professor Dr. Tashmim Farhana Dipta , MBBS, MTM (Transfusion Medicine), FCPS (Haematology).

Assistant Professor           :    Dr. Farida Parvin, MBBS, MD (Transfusion Medicine)

Senior Medical Officers      :    Dr. Kamrojjaman Sohel; Dr. Kazi Moushumi Farhana; Dr. Anamika Datta; Dr. Nowsher Ali Bhuiya, PMSLP (Professional masters in speech and language pathology under dept of communication disorder, DU)

Medical officers                 :   Dr. Zakia Akter (now in MD course in Transfusion Medicine in DMCH & her vacant post is replaced by Dr. Rashna Sharmin); Dr. Nudrat Afrida, DBS&T (Diploma in Blood Serology & Transfusion); Dr. Jannatul Reshma, DBS&T (Diploma in Blood Serology & Transfusion)

Scientific Staffs:

Experimental Officer          :    Parveen Akther

Junior Experimental Officer: Mansurah Begum; Md. Hamim

Scientific Assistant            :    Rifat Sultana; Kazi Mominul Masud

Medical Technologists       :    Md. Rashedul Hasan, Deputy Chief Medical Technologist; Hafizur Rahman, Senior Medical Technologist; Jugal k. Datta; Gowtom Karmoker; Jahedul Islam; Md. Nurjaman

Patient Services: Total patient Treated - 1145

Number of Visits of Registered Diabetic Patient: 1010; Number of visits of Non- Diabetic Patients: 135

 Operative Procedure done during this financial year, 2021-2022

Name of the procedure	Diabetic	Non-Diabetic	Total
Bone marrow Aspiration	07	03	10
Platelet Apheresis	-	181	181
Platelet Regenerative Therapy (Dr.PRP)	14	08	22
Blood Donor Phlebotomy	-	14884	14884
Phlebotomy for Polycythemia	04	02	06

Number of Clinical activities

Total OPD Patient-1145

          Outdoor patients paid – 1020; Outdoor patient free- 125

Total indoor Referral

          Refer Cases (BIRDEM & ICHRI) - 253

Blood Donation Services:

Donor Counseling – 15330; Selected donor – 14884; Post donation Complication (fainting, vomiting etc.)  - 32; Donor Deferral (Unfit donor) - 446

LABORATORY ACTIVITIES:

Blood Grouping: Grouping of donors -14884; Blood grouping during cross matching –31378; General Indoor & Outdoor blood grouping -13754; Repeat blood grouping- 550; Total grouping –45682; Emergency blood grouping-4568

Blood Donation according to blood groups: ‘A’ Positive – 10186; “A” Negative -345; “B” Positive – 14696; “B” Negative 713; “O” Positive – 15496; “O” Negative – 567; “AB” Positive – 3568; “AB” Negative - 111

1. Screening Test (Total donation + Pre-Donation +Repeat): 15363
2. Screening-positive cases: HBsAg -39; HCV – 04; VDRL – 07
3. Blood Component (Total-22,969)

Whole blood –3564; Red cell Concentrate –8423; Fresh Frozen Plasma -1341; Platelet concentrate (Random Donor) – 13; Apheretic Platelet (SDP)- 181; Platelet Rich Plasma – 108; Dr. PRP-22

1. Cross match:      

For routine blood component (WB/RCCC/FFP/PRP/SDP/RDP) -14884; Urgent cross match (group match / saline cross match) – 446 (Units blood)

1. Stored outside blood bags in our department -1314 (Units)                                                                                                                                                                                 
2. Other Tests:  Coomb’s test total – 521; Rhesus antibody titre total -107; I C T Malarial Parasite pf / pv total - 136

Rh Phenotype & Probable genotype found total -27

R1R1 – 17; R1 r – 06; R2 r – 01; R1R2-01; rr-01

r’r-01               

SPECIAL INFORMATION

1. Voluntary Blood donation Programme in death anniversary of Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim on 6th September 2021.

2.  Voluntary Blood donation Programme Blood Donation Programme on 14th June 2022, TM& CHD, BIRDEM in presence of honorable Director General (BIRDEM), Director Admin & Lab Director

3.  AATM Bangladesh Chapter Webinar 2021: Blood Establishment during COVID-19 Pandemic, Bangladesh Perspective.

4. Three medical doctors are enrolled this year in DBS &T (Diploma) course

5. Our Department is providing teaching for both postgraduate and undergraduate medical students, medical technologists as well as nursing students & staffs.

6. MCPS (Transfusion Medicine) Course training- full time recognition

7.  FCPS (Transfusion Medicine) Course with full time recognition

8.  FCPS (Haematology) Course - Recognition for 6 months

9. Day Care for blood Transfusion & Chemotherapy ward collaborate with Geriatric day Care Unit.

FUTURE PLAN:

1. Thalassaemia, Hemophilia, Thrombosis and Haemeostasis clinic
2. Day Care Transfusion ward (separated)
3. Stem cell derived factor for patient treatment

5.  Haematology bed allotment with ward

7   MD (Transfusion Medicine) Course -proposed

8.  MD (Haematology) Course

Major Research Project in the FY 2021-2022:

1. How we explore Parabombay blood phenotype with E-beta thalassaemia: a rarest case from Bangladesh –Prof. Tashmim Farhana Dipta (Non-funded)
2. A Comparative study of blood transfusion services before and during COVID -19   pandemic in a tertiary care hospital (Non-funded)

Students (Direct or in collaboration with the Group) in the FY 2021-2022

Formal Student (a) IMC – MBBS (245 )

                           (b) MD/Diploma (post graduate) – 18

                           (c) DBS &T -06

                           (d) Non medical-Biochemistry,microbiology -17

  Academic Activities:

Courses	Name of the Courses	No of Student/Participant
Formal course	DBS&T FCPS-2years training recognition in Transfusion Medicine Six months training recognition in Haematology	05
Training	MD, MS, FCPS, MBBS ( IMC)	248

 Presentations from departments in FY 2021-2022

1. Presentation on Iron Deficiency Anaemia organized by Haematology Society of Bangladesh on November 2021. (Prof. Tashmim Farhana Dipta) .
2. Presentation on Situation analysis from department of Transfusion Medicine & Clinical Haematology during COVID 19 at BIRDEM auditorium (Dr. Sabrina Rahman) .

Publication (Published – Original article)

1.     Anti-A and Anti- B Haemolysins among group o blood donors in a tertiary care Diabetes Hospital in Bangladesh. In BJTM, July – December 2018;5(2) :04-09. 1SSN: 2521-3032.

2.     A pilot study on seronegative blood donors: Anthropometric parameters and cause of donor deferral. In BJTM, July –December 2018; 5(2):15-22. 1SSN: 2521-3032.

3.     Sero Prevalence of transfusion Transmitted Infections in Bangladesh: A multicenter analysis of 5 tertiary care Hospitals. In Health Science: 11(2) July 2021. ISSN: 2223-5086.

ONGOING   RESEARCH:

• Haematological Parameters among type- 2DM patients compared with non-diabetic Healthy individuals at a tertiary care Hospital - Prof. Tashmim Farhana Dipta
• How we explore Parabombay blood phenotype with E-beta thalassaemia:  a rarest case from Bangladesh – Prof. Tashmim Farhana Dipta
• Pattern of adult Haematological malignancy: A retrospective analysis by Bone marrow         study - Prof. Tashmim Farhana Dipta
• Assessment of Serum Iron, Serum Ferritin & effect of Iron chelating agent on thalassaemia - Prof. Tashmim Farhana Dipta
• Assessment of post graduate Medical student’s knowledge concerning Transfusion Medicine in a tertiary care Hospital: A cross sectional study -Dr. Farida Parvin
• Rhesus Phenotype and probable Genotype among patients attending in a tertiary level Hospital – Dr. Farida Parvin.
• Blood supply and transfusion support during Covid pandemic in a tertiary care Hospital - Dr. Farida Parvin.
• The frequency of Du Phenotype in rhesus D negative in a tertiary care Hospital - Dr. Farida Parvin.
• A rarest Bombay blood group in Bangladesh: A case report- Dr. Farida Parvin.
• Glanzmann Thrombasthenia: A rare case report –Dr. Maha Harun
• Prevalence of Transfusion Transmissible infections among blood donors in a tertiary care Hospital –Dr. Moushumi Farhana
• A Cross sectional study on the use of proton pump inhibitors and risk of iron deficiency anaemia-Dr.Zakia Akter
• Awareness among health professionals on appropriate blood donation and rational use of blood component -Dr. Nudrat Afrida.
• Pattern of haematological patients attending in Transfusion Medicine and Clinical Haematology OPD BIRDEM- Dr. Nilara Sultana
• Relationship between ABO blood group & COVID-19 infection among Health care professionals - Dr. Afsana
• Awareness about smoking and drug abuse among blood donors in a tertiary care Hospital -Dr. Jannatul Reshma
• A study on Post COVID 19 symptoms,management & complication among health care professionals in a tertiary care hospital - Dr. Afsana Sultana
• A study on Covid time thrombocytopenia and abnormal coagulation profile - Dr. Afsana Sultana
• Association of breast carcinoma with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia –Dr. Wahida, Dr. Sumaiya
• Partial adrenal insufficiency with mild factor IX deficiency - Dr. Tanjia,Dr. Tamanna
• A case study on Gilbert Syndrome with ITP- Dr. Jannatul Reshma
• Use of Eltrombopag in ITP patients –Dr. Nudrat Afrida.

Participaton in live Webinar (FY 2021-2022) on:

1. CML, Lymphoma, Leukaemia, Myeloproliferative disorder, MDS, Thalassaemia, Haemophilia, Cellular therapy,Stem cell transplant, Molecular study of AML & ALL, Immunophenotyping in blood cancer, Quality control in Transfusion Medicine & Transfusion Audit.
2. Multidisciplinary training (MDT) by planetary health Academia (PHA).

 

Participation in workshop and seminar (FY 2021-2022) on:

1. Workshop on Capacity Building of a Haematology Department, Rajshahi (Speaker)
2. Scientific seminar on haematology, Sylhet (Speaker)
3. Inspection of Transfusion Medicine subject course at Bogura TMSS Medical college as a part of Inspection committee of BSMMU

 Student Short Training Programm : IMC : 240, MD/MS : 13, MT: 03, DBS&T : 04  

 Presentation/ Publications in FY 2021-22:

Items	Number
International presentation (Virtual)	02
National Publication	Abstract 03