Heath Aid Diagnostic

Overview

Heath Aid Diagnostic is a small diagnostic centre inside Kashem Mansion (Basek Vai's Building, 1st Floor), on Access Road, Shantinagar, Bakalia, Chattogram. The building is known locally as Basek Vai's Building, and the centre's rooms sit on the first floor above street level. Its places listing spells the name Health Aid Diagnostic Centre; the record name keeps the Heath spelling.

The centre's evidenced activity is a specialist chamber held at the premises, not a hospital service. No admission, bed or emergency facility belongs to this address. Bakalia households reach the centre on foot or by rickshaw from the lanes around Shantinagar.

Specialist consultations

A child specialist holds sittings at this centre on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday evenings. Parents usually take a serial before bringing a child in, and evening sittings suit families returning from work and school. Feeding and sleep questions belong in these visits alongside the illness that prompted them.

Fever that returns night after night is the worry most parents carry through the door, and a cough lingering after fever settles needs a fresh review. Slow growth, poor appetite, disturbed sleep and repeated infections are also raised at these sittings. Diarrhoea that dries a child out, or repeated vomiting after meals, deserves attention without waiting for the next sitting day.

Outpatient Services

The immunisation card should be carried whenever a child visits, and old prescriptions show which medicines were already tried. Earlier reports can spare a child repeated testing, and a simple note of symptom dates and temperatures helps more than a general description. Any medicine allergy should be mentioned before treatment is discussed.

A consultation may end with advice alone, with no test needed. When a test is suggested, parents should ask what question it answers, where the sample will be taken and tested, the total cost, and the day the report should be collected. No test menu for this premises is published, so answers belong to the desk at the time, not to this page.

Location and access

Access Road runs through Shantinagar, inside the Bakalia side of Chattogram. Asking a driver for Kashem Mansion is the surest direction, since the building is the landmark its neighbourhood uses. Families also arrive from the surrounding Bakalia lanes on foot.

Struggling to breathe, a child who cannot drink, convulsions during fever or unusual sleepiness after illness cannot wait for an evening sitting. Fever in a baby under three months of age needs same-day review as well. In those cases the right move is the nearest hospital emergency, not this centre.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Heath Aid Diagnostic in Chattogram?

Inside Kashem Mansion on Access Road, Shantinagar, Bakalia, Chattogram, on the first floor.

Which days does the child specialist sit here?

On Saturday, Monday and Wednesday evenings, by serial.

Should the vaccine card be brought?

Yes. The card helps the specialist track immunisation and growth together.

Can a child be admitted here overnight?

No. Overnight admission is not offered at this centre.

Are tests performed at this centre?

No test menu for this premises is published; if a test is suggested, ask where it will be done.

What if a child worsens late at night?

Go directly to a hospital emergency rather than waiting for the next sitting.