Thousands of workers have been killed and injured due to unsafe buildings, worst emergency system and poor occupational health and safety practices in textile industries. It is very essential to recognize the hazards in the workplace. This study was carried out in the textile industry at Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan with the objective to assess hazards and safety practices for workers. The data was collected through the questionnaire of Musa et al ( 2012) with few modifications. The SPSS software was used to analyze the data and obtain appropriate results. Respondents agreed with the great extent that there was an existence of hazards like; Noise, Fire smoke, Smoking, Fatigue, Drinking alcohol, Job stress and Cotton dust particles at the great extent and these hazards affect directly or indirectly on the health of workers. Occupational Health and Safety Practices (OHSP) include; Awareness of clinic, Awareness of hazards, Awareness of preventive measures, inaccurate instrument make trouble, medical bill facility, and periodic medical test was being carried out in their organizations while; personal protective equipment's, pre-employment medical examination, training on hazard prevention were not available in the textile industry. Moreover, the majority of the respondents agreed that personal protective devices were not available in the company. This indicates that occupational health and safety practices were not satisfied at the workplace. Therefore, the organization should take the serious implementation of (OHSP) at the

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Background: This present study was carried out in the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology in Chuadanga Sadar hospital, Bangladesh with the general objective to observe the management effectiveness and efficiency of health service provided in Outpatient Department at Sadar hospital (District level) in Bangladesh and ultimately reveal the need of a managerial personnel in health management other than doctor.Objectives: The objective of the study was to find out management effectiveness, efficiency of health care service at OPD and ultimately reveal need for a managerial personnel for management other than doctor.Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 450 respondents by using a pre-tested questionnaire over a period of six months.Results: Regarding health care delivery system at outpatient in Bangladesh it was found that before appointment, majority of the respondent (94.44%) were referred to the OPD by local village doctor. After arrival at OPD, majority (29.56%) respondents experienced poor courtesy of the attending personnel. Consultation started between 16-30 minutes after appointment. During consultation with the doctor 66.22% respondents had enough time to consult to a doctor but to some extent. In most (50%) of the cases, consultation time was less than 5 minutes. Most of the respondents (48.88%) were not satisfied with the existing health care. Management effectiveness and efficiency of the existing healthcare service rated as fair (28.44%), poor (24.22%), good (21.57%), very good (13.77%) according to the opinion of the respondents. Ultimately 65.12% respondents sought for a need managerial personnel other than doctor.Conclusion: This study finding concluded need for managerial personnel for hospital management other than doctor himself.KYAMC Journal Vol. 9, No.-2, July 2018, Page 76-80

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