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8 cities to get cancer hospitals by next year

From Daily Star · () English

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  • Bangladesh plans to open full-fledged cancer, kidney and cardiac hospitals in each of its eight divisional cities by the next fiscal year, State Minister for Health MA Muhit said.
  • Construction is advancing, while the government completes the appointment of specialist staff for the facilities.
  • The initiative aims to expand modern treatment beyond Dhaka and serve marginalized communities closer to home.

Bangladesh plans to begin operating full-fledged cancer, kidney and cardiac hospitals in all eight divisional cities by the next fiscal year, State Minister for Health MA Muhit told parliament.

Muhit said construction of the facilities’ physical infrastructure was progressing rapidly and that the final stage of appointing specialist staff was underway. The hospitals are being built on medical college premises in Dhaka, Chattogram, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet, Barishal, Rangpur and Mymensingh.

The government launched the initiative to decentralise cancer treatment and bring modern medical services closer to marginalized communities. Bangladesh currently has only one specialised full-fledged government cancer hospital, the 500-bed National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali.

Government medical college hospitals and armed forces hospitals have oncology or cancer treatment units, while cancer units operate in 24 private medical college hospitals. Bangladesh also has private specialist facilities, including Bangladesh Cancer Society Hospital and Ahsania Mission Cancer and General Hospital. Major private medical and corporate hospitals, including Square, Evercare, LabAid and United, also run separate cancer treatment units.

The final stage of appointing specialist manpower is underway.

· MA MuhitThe state minister described the staffing process for the eight planned hospitals in parliament.
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