Thursday, February 17, 2022

BSMMU Super Specialized Hospital Awaiting Inauguration


New and most modern feathers are being added to the healthcare system of the country. Multi Disciplinary and Super Specialized Hospital is going to start the journey in Bangladesh soon. All kinds of health services will be available in this new super specialized hospital. The construction work of this hospital established on 12 bighas of land in Shahbagh of the capital city Dhaka under BSMMU, the work of purchasing required medical and hospital equipments has been completed.

This Super Specialized Hospital is scheduled to be inaugurated next June after completing the rest work. Renowned Surgeon, Professor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Project Director. Md. Zulfiqar Rahman told a Newspaper that in his 40 years of working life, he has worked in various hospitals across the country as well as in famous hospitals in UK and Singapore. He said that in our country, patients have to go to different places depending on the disease. To alleviate this suffering, the dream was to build a world class hospital with all services. With the tireless efforts of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, this hospital will bring a tide of change in the health sector of the country.

Hospital management is being developed by fully digitalizing it. All patient information will be stored through the Hospital Information Center (HIS). All types of healthcare services will be provided through five different centers in this hospital. Patients will get all the services under one roof. He also said that 140 people including doctors, nurses and health workers will be trained in Korea on services and management in the hospital. Training of 50 people is going on, another batch will go to Korea next in April.


The hospital will be modeled on the National University Hospital of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Singapore. Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation must be ensured to maintain the quality of services in the hospital. With this, the approval of the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Health Care (NABH) has to be introduced. The construction work of the hospital is completely finished.

A consignment of equipments has arrived at Chittagong port. All the work including the fitting of these equipments will be completed by the month of May. The hospital will be inaugurated in June and the admission of patients will start. With its launch, BSMMU's education, medical and research activities will be more dynamic and improved.

The initiative of this super specialized hospital was taken in 2012 on 3.8 acres (about 12 bighas) of land on the north side of BSMMU. The project was approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on February 2, 2016 at a cost of Tk 1,366 crore. On September 13, 2018, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the project. A loan of Tk 1,047 crore has been received from the South Korean government for the construction of the hospital. Hyundai Corporation Korea is completing the construction work.

The hospital was designed by SUNJIN Engineering & Architecture Co. Ltd, Korea. The multi-disciplinary and super specialized hospital with 12 floors and three basements will have 750 beds. Around 7,000 patients will get service from its outdoor department every day. It has 100 ICU beds and emergency beds. Five different centers include Emergency Medicine, Maternal and Child Health Center, Cardiovascular Center, Hepatobiliary and Gastroenterology Center and Kidney Disease Center.





There will be twelve state-of-the-art operating theaters, where high quality surgeries, including various organ transplants, will be performed. The hospital project is arranged on these two bases: Hospital construction and Advanced training. Professor Dr. Md. Zulfiqar Rahman Khan said that there are 73 cabins in this specialized hospital. Of these, 6 will be for VVIP’s, 21 for VIP’s and the rest will be deluxe cabins.

The hospital will also have ward, surgical intensive care, medical intensive care, coronary care unit, neonatal intensive care unit and pediatric intensive care unit. The patient does not have to go anywhere else to get services in this specialized hospital. Inside the hospital there will be banking facilities, pharmacy, four cafeterias. There will be 16 elevators and an escalator, fire management, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Activities will be controlled digitally from the central control room through CCTV cameras.


This hospital will open a new horizon in Bangladesh’s medical sector. Not only the rich people, the lower and middle class families of the country will get a greater scope to receive special treatment here.

 

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