Study of Noise Level in Roadside Surgery and Medicine Ward of a Hospital in Dhaka City

DOI

10.2991/978-94-6463-672-7_11How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Acoustic condition; Dhaka city Noise level; Roadside hospital ward

Abstract

Rapid urban population growth in developing countries has significantly impacted environmental noise levels. In hospitals, located near busy roads, excessive background noise is a major concern for both patients and staff. Road traffic noise has significant negative effects on human health, particularly for hospital patients. Although many journal papers have been published previously, most of them have focused on themes related to intensive care units (ICUs). In particular, there are no published studies about the noise level in the roadside wards of hospitals. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the noise levels in the roadside wards of a naturally ventilated government hospital in Dhaka city. This study incorporates a combination of quantitative research methodologies. For this study, Dhaka Mahanagar General Hospital of Dhaka South City Corporation was selected. The hospital was located beside a busy road. Data was collected from four roadside wards. Noise levels measured in all the surveyed wards were greater than the WHO recommended value both at day and night. During the day, the mean noise level was 71.18 dBA and at night it was 75.19 dBA. At day time, noise levels vary from 82.5 to 54.5 dBA and at night from 81.4 to 70.4 dBA. Noise mapping found that road traffic noise was the primary source of the higher noise levels. Additional research should be undertaken in other roadside hospitals of the same type, utilizing similar methodologies to obtain a more complete understanding of the acoustic environment in roadside hospital wards across Bangladesh.

Copyright

© 2025 The Author(s)

Open Access

Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Farha Tanzin
AU  - N. M. Shamsul Islam
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/04/04
TI  - Study of Noise Level in Roadside Surgery and Medicine Ward of a Hospital in Dhaka City
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovation in Civil Engineering and Architecture for Sustainable Development (IICASD-2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 119
EP  - 130
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-672-7_11
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-672-7_11
ID  - Tanzin2025
ER  -