BSMMU Super Specialised Hospital starts full-scale operations
Super Specialised Hospital under the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), the first of its kind in the country, has started full-scale operations including indoor services and surgery.
Nine operations were performed and one baby was born after the hospital activities was in full swing on Wednesday. Around 20,000 patients have received services, and about 40,000 tests including MRI, CT scan, and BMD have been done since the hospital launched outdoor services on 27 December 2022, said sources at the hospital.
The hospital has made arrangements so that the patients do not have to go abroad for treatment. They would get the latest advanced treatment services for all kinds of complex diseases including ones related to liver, kidney, heart, cancer, infertility, and knee replacement in the country, said Prof Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, vice-chancellor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, at a ceremony organised yesterday on occasion of inaugurating the hospital's indoor services.
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The hospital also has facilities for stem cell therapy, and gene therapy. Robotic surgery will also be introduced there soon. Besides, the Super Specialised Hospital has all types of ICU services including a world class neonatal intensive care unit, and a paediatric intensive care unit, he added.
"There has been some delay in starting the full operations of the hospital as necessary equipment did not arrive on time due to the Covid-19 pandemic. All the services at the hospital will be launched in phases. The process of recruiting the required manpower for this purpose is going on," said Health Minister Zahid Maleque at the programme.
The minister also said, "Bangladesh has successfully faced the Covid-19 pandemic. Around 36 crore doses of vaccine have been given for free. These issues of development and success in the health sector should be promoted.
"Positive news boosts enthusiasm and boosts the country's image. Therefore, everyone should come forward to promote positive things instead of promoting one or two negative incidents."
The minister strongly urged authorities concerned to strengthen the programme to prevent dengue.
The state-of-the-art specialised hospital has been built at a cost of Tk1,366 crore on 3.4 acres of land to the north of the BSMMU. Of the construction cost, South Korea provided Tk1,047 crore as a loan.
The hospital has 750 beds. There will also be 14 ultra-modern operation theatres, a 100-bed intensive care unit, a 100-bed emergency unit, six VVIP and 22 VIP cabins, and 25 deluxe cabins.
Earlier on 13 September 2018, the prime minister laid the foundation stone of the specialised hospital. On 27 December 2022, expert doctors of 14 departments, professors, associate professors and assistant professors started seeing patients in the super specialised hospital.
