Department

Internal Medicine (Purple unit)

Internal Medicine (Rheumatology)

Internal Medicine (Geriatric)

Internal Medicine (Blue unit)

Internal Medicine (Green Unit)

Patient Care

Services Provided by Internal Medicine Purple Unit

Indoor service: Total number of patients admitted from July 2021 to June 2022 was 911.

OPD service: Provided by consultants; twice week (Saturday, Tuesday)

Services Provided by Internal Medicine Blue Unit

Indoor service: Total number of patients admitted from July 2021 to June 2022 was 633.

OPD services provided by consultants: twice a week (Sunday, Wednesday)

Services Provided by Internal Medicine Green Unit

Indoor service: Total number of patients admitted from July 2021 to June 2022 was551.

OPD services provided by consultants: twice a week (Monday, Thursday)

Total patients seen at Internal Medicine OPD (all 3 units):

From July 2021 to June 2022 was 4258.

Academic activities of the Department

1. Counselia, every Saturday

2. Case Discussion/ Death Review every Sunday

3. Grand round every Monday

4. Central CME every Tuesday

5 Journal Club every Wednesday

6. Medicine Department CME every Thursday

7. Ward round and bed side clinical teaching everyday

8. Lectures-thrice a week for post graduate/ under graduate/ BDS students, trainees and medical officers

Academic Courses of the Department

1. The Department is responsible for teaching Medicine (Lectures and clinical classes) for the clinical (3rd year, 4th year & 5th year) students of MBBS courses of Ibrahim Medical College.
2. The Department is responsible for teaching Medicine (Lectures and clinical classes) for the clinical 3rd year students of BDS courses of Ibrahim Medical College.
3. The Department is responsible for training of Internee Doctors placed under BIRDEM Academy from Ibrahim Medical College and outside.
4. MD part II course in Medicine& allied subjects, MD Final part course in Internal Medicine and DEM student’s training are running in this department under BIRDEM Academy.
5. MD Residency Programme is also running in this department under BIRDEM Academy.
6. The Department is serving as one of the centers for MCPS& FCPS examination successfully.

Voluntary expertise services are given to the patients in the affiliated branches of Bangladesh Diabetic Association all over the country.

Ongoing research activities

1. Co-infection of COVID 19 and Dengue: Socio-demographic, Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics in a Tertiary Hospital in Bangladesh.
2. Systemic and opportunistic fungal infection: Sociodemographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics in a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh.
3. Adaptation and validation of Bangla version of Gaming Disorder Test (GDT).
4.  Adaptation and validation of Bangla version of Internet Disorder Scale - Short Form (IDS9-SF).
5.  Adaptation and validation of Bangla version of Internet Gaming Disorder Scale - Short Form (IGDS9-SF).
6. Retrospective analysis of management strategies of dengue in 2019
7. Anxiety and fear among health care associates while treating patient with COVID-19.
8. Anxiety and fear among doctors while treating patient with COVID-19.
9. Level of anxiety and fear among general population during a pandemic of COVID-19.
10.  A comparative study of serum electrolytes and lipid levels in ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke in a tertiary care hospital.
11. A Prospective study on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke.
12.  A Prospective study on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
13.  A Prospective study on Health-Related Quality of Life in newly diagnosed diabetic patient.

Presentations in seminars and conferences

1. Journey of Sarcoidosis to Sarcoid Lymphoma Syndrome: A Tale of Hope and Despair. Poster Presentation. Presenter: Dr Samira Rahat Afroze. 23rd APLAR (Asia-Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology Congress) Kyoto, Japan. 28-31 August, 2021.
2. COVID 19 - DENGUE CO-INFECTION: Socio-demographic, Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics in a Tertiary Hospital in Bangladesh. Oral Presentation. Presenter: Dr Samira Rahat Afroze. Original Article Session, 21st Annual Conference of Bangladesh Society of Medicine, 2022.
3. Association of premature ejaculation with diabetic peripheral neuropathy among patients with type 2 diabetes attending at a tertiary level hospital of Bangladesh. Oral Presentation. Presenter: Dr Ashraf Uddin Ahmed. Hybrid 58th EASD Annual Meeting, Stockholm 2022.

Attendance in seminars and conferences

All consultants and medical officers attended in

1. Annual Conference of Association of  Physicians of Bangladesh 2022
2. Annual Conference of Bangladesh Endocrine Society 2022
3. Annual Conference of Bangladesh Society of Medicine 2022

Publications

1. SR. Afroze, Haque WMM, Ahmed T, Chisty QMZ4BasakSK, Islam R, AfrozeN, Mondal SK, Rahman MR, Mohiuddin AS10, AfroseS, Haq SA, Uddin KN. Journey of sarcoidosis to sarcoid lymphoma syndrome: a tale of hope and despair.International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. Volume 24, Issue S2. September 2021; 147-48. (Impact factor: 2.454) https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.14200 
2. Afroze SR, Hasan MM, Jamal ABM, Begum T. Journey of Medical Education Department, BCPS: Its Contribution in Developing Skilled Fellows for Effective use of Assessment Tools. Correspondance (Letter to Editor). J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2022; 40: 107-109) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcps.v40i40.59915
3. Marzuka S, Afroze SR, Rahman MR.Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis progressing to classical dermatomyositis with positive Mi- 2 antibody: a case report. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. Volume 24, Issue S2. September 2021; 258. (Impact factor: 2.454) https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.14200
4. Chowdhury S, Barai L , Afroze SR et al. The Epidemiology of Melioidosis and Its Association with Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.  Pathogens 2022: 11; 149.  https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11020149 (Impact factor 3.492)
5. Jahan AA, Rahman MR, Ahmed JU & Khan S. Prognostic Value of Serum Procalcitonin in Patients with Sepsis in a Tertiary Level Hospital. J Medicine 2023; 24(1): 18–22.
6. Islam MJ, Mir AS, Haque IU, Jesmin S, Ahmed JU, Mahmuda F. Causes of death in Hospitalized Diabetic Patients: Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh.
7. Haque HF, Ahmed AKMS, Hoque T, Saha RC, Afroz F. A first case report of Talaromycesmarneffei infection presenting as a non-resolving pneumonia in a non-HIV diabetic patient from Bangladesh. Bangladesh J Medicine 2023; 34: 62-64.
8.  Haque, H. F., Ahmed, A. S., Uddin, K. N., Afroz, F., Afroze, S. R., & Hoque, M. T. (2021). Spectrum of rheumatologic disorders among patients attending with musculoskeletal symptoms: experience from medicine outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh. BIRDEM Medical Journal
9. Nessa, A. ., Haque, H. F. ., Ahmed, A. S. ., Ul Haque, W. M. M. ., Afroze, S. R. ., Samad, T. ., Rahman, M. R. ., &Saha, S. K. . (2022). Diabetic myonecrosis: four-year experience of managing a rare disease in a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh. BIRDEM Medical Journal