Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The Malaysian Field Hospital (MFH) Mission provides humanitarian assistance to 1.2 million refugees through a Level 3 field hospital within the Rohingya refugees' safe zone in Cox Bazar since 2017. The latest rotation, Ops Starlight-2 run by Malaysian Armed Forces Health Services from 28th August 2018 until 28th February 2019. This paper describes the distribution of cases seen by the outpatient department during Ops Starlight-2. METHODS: A cross-sectional study through retrospective analysis of patient's health records over the period of six months were examined systematically. The inclusion criteria include only ethnic Bangladeshi and Rohingyas, who require regular follow-up for chronic diseases, pre-op assessments, post-op review/ care and any acute cases which require post-treatment reviews. Descriptive analysis was used. RESULTS: MFH received 63,200 patients during Ops Starlight-2. A total of 1520 cards were analysed. Approximately 55% came for subsequent follow up, while 12% defaulted. Demographically, 85% were Rohingyas. 70% were >15 years of age, 21% were between 5 to 15 years old, and 9% were <5 years old. 60% female and 40% male. 85% were Non-Trauma Cases, 51% required further interventions in which 99.4% from them were surgical patients. Common diseases seen were thyroid disease (20%), followed by hernia (11%), fractures (10%), cancer (7%), abscess (6%) and splenomegaly (3.5%). Hence, among the interventions done were thyroidectomy (9%), hernial repair (8%), immobilisation (6%), implant/plating (5%), incision and drainage (4.7%), excision (4.5%) and splenectomy (2.5%). CONCLUSION: Ops Starlight-2 treated a wide range of diseases in which the majority of the cases required surgical interventions.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-251,
title = {Providing Tertiary Healthcare Support in Humanitarian Crisis: An Analysis of Frequency, Distribution and Pattern of Diseases Seen in Malaysian Field Hospital, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh},
author = {Nik Qistina Rahim and M Arshil Moideen and M Alias Yazid and Mojibul H Sakil},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: The Malaysian Field Hospital (MFH) Mission provides humanitarian assistance to 1.2 million refugees through a Level 3 field hospital within the Rohingya refugees' safe zone in Cox Bazar since 2017. The latest rotation, Ops Starlight-2 run by Malaysian Armed Forces Health Services from 28th August 2018 until 28th February 2019. This paper describes the distribution of cases seen by the outpatient department during Ops Starlight-2. METHODS: A cross-sectional study through retrospective analysis of patient's health records over the period of six months were examined systematically. The inclusion criteria include only ethnic Bangladeshi and Rohingyas, who require regular follow-up for chronic diseases, pre-op assessments, post-op review/ care and any acute cases which require post-treatment reviews. Descriptive analysis was used. RESULTS: MFH received 63,200 patients during Ops Starlight-2. A total of 1520 cards were analysed. Approximately 55% came for subsequent follow up, while 12% defaulted. Demographically, 85% were Rohingyas. 70% were \>15 years of age, 21% were between 5 to 15 years old, and 9% were \<5 years old. 60% female and 40% male. 85% were Non-Trauma Cases, 51% required further interventions in which 99.4% from them were surgical patients. Common diseases seen were thyroid disease (20%), followed by hernia (11%), fractures (10%), cancer (7%), abscess (6%) and splenomegaly (3.5%). Hence, among the interventions done were thyroidectomy (9%), hernial repair (8%), immobilisation (6%), implant/plating (5%), incision and drainage (4.7%), excision (4.5%) and splenectomy (2.5%). CONCLUSION: Ops Starlight-2 treated a wide range of diseases in which the majority of the cases required surgical interventions.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: 1Royal Medical and Dental Corps, Ministry of Defence, Malaysia, 2Ops Starlight-2, Malaysian Field Hospital, Bangladesh},
keywords = {Distribution of Diseases, Key words: Humanitarian Crisis, Malaysian Field Hospital, Ops Starlight-2, Rohingya, Surgical},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}