Health services in Thanchi, one remote upazila in the hill district, remain in an awful condition due to acute shortage of doctors, medicines and medical instrument.

To ensure medical services for the remote people, Thanchi Health Complex started its journey in 1977, which was upgraded to 31 beds in 1998.

Administrative work and indoor treatments in the health complex are badly hampered as the posts of medical officers have remained vacant for a long.

Although the hospital was upgraded to 50 beds in 2019, the manpower has not been increased proportionately. As a result, treatment facilities for a large number of patients who flock from different unions at the health complex every day are not provided.

The hospital is struggling to provide health services to the poor patients due mainly to lack of physicians the health facility is being run by a single doctor. 

Two of the four medical officers are on deputation at Bandarban Sadar Hospital, and another is on leave. As a result, only one doctor is currently working in the hospital.