Kidney disease on rise among traffic police due to irregular toilet

Bad noise in the ears due to high noise pollution. Toxic airborne toxins accumulate in the respiratory tract throughout the year. Standing on the road for a long time soaked in the sun and rain, various health risks are the daily companions of the traffic police. Kidney complications are increasing among traffic police members due to hypertension and diabetes. In addition, the level of kidney problems is getting worse due to not being able to drink water on time and the crisis in the washroom, the concerned said. 

Many are going to India for advanced treatment 

Traffic Police ATS Mohammad Majedur Rahman is counting the days of death in the nephrology and dialysis department of Central Police Hospital. ATS Mohammad Majedur Rahman has been taking dialysis in this department from the very beginning. Realizing that his kidney problems had reached a critical stage, he went to Vellore, India, hoping for better treatment. The doctor on duty there informed that it was too late. Majedur's kidneys will never return to normal. Majed worked in the traffic police for a long time High blood pressure after being first caught due to dust, noise and toxic air in the street can be noticed by the doctor after a few days after sensing the physical inconsistency. He has been on dialysis for the last fifteen years. Majed joined the police force in 1997.

Mohammad Rafique has been undergoing dialysis for two years in the nephrology department. Four years ago you found out about his kidney problems. He was last working in Motijheel traffic department. In the words of Rafiq, who is on dialysis at the Central Police Hospital, 'Paota is swollen, Inspector Sir told me why your leg is swollen? I said I know, sir, this is my condition. Sir sent to the doctor. The doctor looked at my paper and told me to get these reports quickly. According to the report, the doctor said you have to take dialysis.

Mohammad Shahadat Hossain is working as a traffic police constable in the wari division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Recently, the Central Police came to the hospital with kidney problems. Shahadat Hossain (September 8, 2021) told The Report.live, I work in the traffic police. I have a kidney problem. My urine burns, my penis hurts. If you stand for a while, it hurts from below the waist to the legs. The doctor told me to take treatment.

Dialysis department was started two years ago

The Department of Nephrology and Dialysis was started about two years ago for the treatment of police personnel suffering from kidney problems at the Central Police Hospital under the supervision of Bangladesh Police. At present, 43 kidney patients are undergoing dialysis in 11 beds in this department (according to the information received from Central Police Hospital till September 11, 2021). Preparations are underway to add 18 new beds to the hospital. In this department, 4,006 people have undergone dialysis for kidney disease in 2020 along with police members and their relatives. As of August 2021, the number was 3,859, but the exact number of kidney patients of the members working in the traffic department alone could not be ascertained even after many attempts. Again, those who are financially well-off among the police do not come to this hospital for treatment. It has been only two years since this department was launched again. There is a lot of information not precisely specified there. Kidney related

This is happening for professional reasons

Dr. Mohammad Shahadat Hossain has been the head of the nephrology and dialysis department at the Central Police Hospital since its inception. He told The Report.live that police members have to take various risky jobs for professional reasons. Due to this risky work, the kidney problems of the police members are a bit more In the outpatient department, we treat about 150 patients here every day and 30-35 kidney patients in this department. Some of those who come for treatment need dialysis, some do not. We are treating 60 kidney patients in turn.

Kidney problems are increasing due to not going to the washroom on time

While controlling the traffic chaos arising in unplanned urbanization, the life and health discipline of the traffic police is being lost. Due to lack of washrooms or long traffic jams, most of the traffic police are not able to urinate on time. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Mohammad Mubinur Rahman told The Report.live that the pressure on the roads in the capital is often high, citing kidney complications. It can be seen that the health aspects of traffic management are often neglected. Again the traffic police work in the open, The thirst for water is much higher in the open. The water that their body deserves or demands due to heat cannot drink due to traffic pressure. It is not good not to drink water regularly. Many people hold their urine for a long time. Excessive stress can often lead to poor health. All in all, the pressure on their bodies is a little too much later. Which many bodies cannot tolerate. That is why many people become physically ill.

There are washrooms in 8 out of 32 traffic boxes

Mohakhali, Gulshan and Badda traffic zones of the capital have a total of 32 traffic police boxes with 8 boxes attached to the washroom. The rest of the police boxes are used by the traffic police members in charge of nearby shopping malls, markets or unhygienic public toilets. The overall picture of all the traffic police boxes in Bangladesh, including the capital, is almost the same. Starting from the IG of the police, high-ranking officials think that those who are BCS cadre and those who work on the road, the traffic police are their illness but not one. Diabetes, hypertension, stress and sleep problems in high-ranking officials mean insomnia and those who work in the field have lung problems, kidney problems,

He further said that if they are not good then how will they serve us. How ruthless we are, we don’t care about them. We hope they will cooperate on our road who will take care of them.

64% of the police suffer from shortness of breath

Eighty-four percent of traffic police officers working in the field suffer from respiratory problems. In addition to multiple physical and mental health risks, not being able to use a healthy toilet at the right time is the main reason for kidney problems, according to several police officers. In addition, due to the inadequacy of toilets, the women traffic police have to deal with the additional suffering. There is also the attitude of non-cooperation of the general public. Laily Akhter, a female traffic surgeon in charge of the Rajarbagh Traffic Police Box, told The Report.live that our main problem is the bathroom when we do all the family chores and do our duty from two to ten at night. If I go near the bathroom, I drink less water if I don't go there.

A traffic inspector, who did not want to be named, told The Report.live angrily that knee pain, back pain, ear problems and eye problems are common in most traffic police. We have taken this responsibility and we have to stand on the road. He added that the search revealed that seventy percent of the traffic between the ages of fifteen and twenty had heart surgery. This cannot be done.