THIS VIDEO WILL SHOW THE ILLEGAL AND HARMFUL ACTIVITIES OF DRUG EHAB CENTRE IN BANGLADESH. THEY ILLEGALLY KIDNAP PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOUSE. SOMETIMES THEY KILL PATIENT. IN THE NAME OF BRINGING PATIENT, THEY CARRY OUT LOOTING FROM THE HOUSES. ‘AMAR HOME’ REHAB AT UTTARA, DHAKA, BANGLADESH CARRY OUT THE SAME. IN FACT THESE REHAB CENTRES NO WAY FULFILLS THE CRITERIA OF A REHAB CENTRE. QUESTION ARISES AS TO HOW THEY GET THE LICENSES.
Addiction is often viewed as an externalized problem. A problem that only happens to ‘others’. But for those who go through it, or see their loved ones suffer, the notion seems ridiculous. Addiction, particularly substance use, can be a hellish experience for the person and their family. After initial attempts fail, the way to recovery for many is through rehabilitation centres. But as many like me would attest, people coming out of these rehabs may need another kind of recovering altogether.
It is common knowledge that patients are mistreated in the rehab centres. I know it particularly intimately because I suffered with the problem of addiction and my family, out of love no doubt, had me taken into a rehab. In fact, I am one of those lucky ones that had a family which cared and was financially strong enough to afford rehab costs. Thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, neither have the family or the support or both to send them to rehabs.
But where do people with such grievous affliction as addiction get sent for recovery? There are now many narcotics addiction treatment centres or rehab across Bangladesh, although mainly in the cities. But a large number of these, if not most, lack a scientific and medically sound approach towards how to help people come out of addiction.
It all starts with a group of strangers apprehending a patient forcefully. It is true that sometimes it becomes necessary to take an addicted person to the rehab facility and consent can’t be taken in any meaningful way. A host of legal questions, nevertheless, arise regarding delegation of authority and so on. Leaving that aside, what is obvious is that the current practice in Bangladesh does not use this as the last resort. It is further compounded by the fact that desperate families often empower the rehab to take the action of basically kidnapping, albeit for the captive’s own good. But it doesn’t feel good for the person that goes through this truly traumatic experience. And that’s not just because you don’t get your fix.
Once taken into the premise I landed in a room of around 300 square feet (the in-house) packed with thirty other patients. There’s not much expected of you other than compliance with few dozen in-house rules. But there are other things that I struggled with. A group of thirty people were allowed to use only one washroom. We got meals three times a day. The food was barely sufficient and not filling at all. We could often clearly see our faces on the steel plates. The food was not nutritious and often times, we would find roaches or bits of them in our meals. And then comes the healthy dose of mental torment through harsh intimidating behaviour. Abusive words were used liberally with no apparent thought of the patients’ mental well-being. All for only Tk25 thousand per month that my family was paying.
Admittedly some discipline is necessary, but without compassion and understanding, added with cruel behaviour makes the rehab experience scar on your mind that does not heal easily. A full year after being released from the rehab, one of my fellow patients, who is a friend too, still has nightmares and cannot sleep thinking someone might bust into his house.
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