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Apollo hospital, the first of five joint venture hospitals being set up in the capital by leading overseas healthcare enterprises and their local partners, opens tomorrow.
Located at Basundhara, the hospital will however take a few more days to open its doors to patients on some medical rounds.


Richard Larison, chief executive officer of the hospital, yesterday told reporters, "We have a mission to improve the standard of healthcare facilities in Bangladesh by transferring technology and training Bangladeshi doctors." Many eminent Bangladeshi doctors working abroad are coming back home in response to invitation from the hospital, he added.

The hospital, built on a 400,000-square-foot area, will be the largest commercially run healthcare provider in Asia. Funded by local business group STS Holdings and managed by American, Indian and Bangladeshi staff, the 10-storied hospital will be the largest of 37 hospitals of India's Apollo group.


The hospital will start with 150 beds but will expand to 450 beds.

It will be equipped with most modern technology in healthcare sector and also have a helipad.

The hospital management plans to set up a nursing institute by September this year and a medical college later.

http://thedailystar.net/2005/03/29/d50329011918.htm

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5 joint venture hospitals in city by next year
Naimul Haq

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The first of its kind in the country, five joint venture hospitals are being set up in the capital by five leading overseas healthcare enterprises and their local partners.

Of the hospitals, one will open its doors to patients on March 30, two in June, one by the yearend and another by the middle of next year.


The joint ventures involving a total investment of $162 million will run on commercial lines to provide services of international standard at competitive and affordable prices, sources said.


The five foreign enterprises are from America, Thailand, India and Malaysia.


Apollo Hospital Dhaka at Bashundhara, the largest of 37 hospitals of India's Apollo group, starts functioning only after three days.


Sources said the hospital being built on a 400,000-square foot area will be the largest commercially-run healthcare provider in Asia. Funded by local business group STS Holdings and managed by American staff, the 10-storey hospital with 450 beds will also have facilities for handling helicopter ambulance.


Moreover, a 450-bed Square Hospital managed and run by Thailand's Bumrungrad Hospital International in cooperation with local Square Hospitals Ltd begins functioning in June. Construction of the hospital on Panthapath involving an investment of $42 million is nearing completion.


Another 450-bed hospital -- Continental Hospital at Gulshan -- is expected to be ready for services by June this year. The project involving around $37.5 million is being jointly implemented by United Group of Bangladesh and K P J Healthcare, Berhad, of Malaysia.


An American private healthcare giant has invested $ 30 million to provide specialised hospital services by the end of this year. American Hospital Consortium llc (AHCL) envisages use and expansion of the 10-storey building of Kuwait Moitry Hospital and other structures on its premises at Sector-6 in Uttara, lying vacant for the last eight years.


"We have decided to hand over the vacant Kuwait Moitry Hospital to the American company. Twenty per cent of the 200 beds at the hospital must be reserved for free treatment of poor patients," Health Secretary A F M Sarwar Kamal told The Daily Star.


The hospital with US doctors heading all its wings and nursing staff also from that country is likely to operate by the yearend, sources said.


Another 200-bed hospital is likely to open by mid-next year at Nikunja, Uttara, jointly managed by Escort Hospital of India and Japan-Bangladesh-Friendship-Hospital. Foreign and local investment for the project is estimated at about Tk 80 crore.


When the joint venture hospitals equipped with high-tech new generation equipment and apparatus start functioning, Bangladeshi patients will for the first time get treatment directly under foreign doctors, surgeons, physiotherapists, nurses and experts in various fields, sources pointed out.


Under strict foreign management, the joint venture hospitals will offer services ranging from simple medical consultation to complex brain, spine, bone, kidney, eye, heart and even plastic surgeries by foreign doctors, enabling many Bangladeshi patients to avoid costly and troublesome trips to neighbouring countries for treatment.


Foreign doctors would also train local doctors to transfer technology in accordance with the new regulations laid down by the health ministry.


The health ministry recently constituted an 'accreditation board' to approve employment of overseas personnel in the joint-venture hospital projects to ensure quality service and a congenial atmosphere.


"We have to ensure quality services from these hospitals. We are allowing such projects also to encourage technology transfer in medical education. The focus is mainly on producing more trained manpower for healthcare," the health secretary said.
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That's good. Such hospitals are good for the healthcare industry.

Apollo hospital opens tomorrow
Staff Correspondent

Apollo hospital, the first of five joint venture hospitals being set up in the capital by leading overseas healthcare enterprises and their local partners, opens tomorrow.
Located at Basundhara, the hospital will however take a few more days to open its doors to patients on some medical rounds.


Richard Larison, chief executive officer of the hospital, yesterday told reporters, "We have a mission to improve the standard of healthcare facilities in Bangladesh by transferring technology and training Bangladeshi doctors." Many eminent Bangladeshi doctors working abroad are coming back home in response to invitation from the hospital, he added.

The hospital, built on a 400,000-square-foot area, will be the largest commercially run healthcare provider in Asia. Funded by local business group STS Holdings and managed by American, Indian and Bangladeshi staff, the 10-storied hospital will be the largest of 37 hospitals of India's Apollo group.


The hospital will start with 150 beds but will expand to 450 beds.

It will be equipped with most modern technology in healthcare sector and also have a helipad.

The hospital management plans to set up a nursing institute by September this year and a medical college later.

http://thedailystar.net/2005/03/29/d50329011918.htm

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i want to work for that hospital!!!! :)

Building with confused architecture.
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"Building with confused architecture."

what does that mean? Here are some actual photos of the hospital.


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This is a beautiful architecture for a hospital.

Thats a SMALL hospital!!

couple of "mega" hospitals are opening simultaneously in a short time period.

When TMAC posted it I thought it said,

"10-storied hospital will be the largest of 37 hospitals of India's Apollo group"

or did I miss something ??

Meaning this is bigger than the ones in Delhi and Bangalore ??

The number of beds or the size of a hospital does not indicate the quality of care. Apollo is but one of the many specialty hospitals in Dhaka -- a 'boutique hospital' if you will -- staffed by lots of overseas repatriated doctors -- some from India and Bangladesh as well. The equipment matches anything at Cedars Sinai in New York or LA.

There are dozens of other huge generalized hospitals and clinics in Dhaka and outskirts for your garden variety ailments and cheaper to boot.

If people from Dhaka can go to Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok or Mount Elizabeth in S'pore at the drop of a hat, sometimes using chartered flights -- they can by far afford something like an apollo hospital locally.

The market is huge and the local hospitals will come up in quality to fill the demand.

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I remember visiting a doctor in ayurvedic who was also part of the Apollo Hospital in Chennai. Didn't seem like his prescriptions did much though.

according to unreliable sources,the dhaka city corporation is planning to build a very tall high rise structre about 30 to 40 storied tall on the vacant land just behind the Sonagoan hotel,can anyone here confirm this report please?

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Doesnt look that small to me. And looks great!

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beautiful. Looks very modern and state of the art.

The new pictures are nice. Thanks TMAC!

The under construction 550-bed international standard CONTINENTAL HOSPITAL near Gulshan Lake in Dhaka.

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photos of Apollo Hospital taken by mirzazeehan

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where exactly are they building the new hospital beside the gulshan lake?

Dhaka Medical College Hospital

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BSMMU Hospital (known as The PG Hospital)

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The 550 bed under construction Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital. This will be a landmark hospital in Bangladesh for Cancer research. Construction of the 10-storey hospital building will be completed by 2008.

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PM lays foundation stone of BIHS hospital in city

Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said the number of hospitals, doctors and nurses is increasing every year in the country as the government gives highest priority to health services, report agencies.
"We believe that the real assets of the country are the people. The goal of development is to ensure good health and long life of the people and enhance their work ability," she said at the foundation laying ceremony of the Bangladesh Institute of Health Science (BIHS) hospital at Darussalam in Mirpur area of the city.
The Prime Minister formally unveiled the plaque of the hospital before offering munazat. The BIHS hospital will be the central hospital of Bangladesh Diabetic Association (BDA) with modern health services and research facilities.
Khaleda also inaugurated the yearlong programme of BDA on the occasion of its golden jubilee celebration and announced the opening of 'Health Care Development Project' to be implemented with the joint cooperation of Bangladesh and the Netherlands.
The Prime Minister appreciated the health services of Bangladesh Diabetic Association and expressed the hope that other private organisations would also come forward in such society-oriented benevolent activities.
She paid tributes to BDA founder late national professor Dr Mohammad Ibrahim and recalled his close working relations with Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman.
The organisational efficiency of Dr Ibrahim turned the efforts to check diabetes in the country into a successful social movement, she said.
The activities of BDA have become a successful model of public-private partnership because of government assistance and initiatives of the BDA, she added.
Prime Minister expressed the hope that many other organisations would come forward to deliver social services following the bright example set by the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh
She lauded the role of the Diabetic Association in ensuring people's good health and increasing life expectancy through proper care of people suffering from diabetic diseases that eat into the vitals of life.
The PM said the government has adopted a long-term health nutrition and population programme for 2003 to 2010 involving Tk 324.50 billion.
The project has been taken in line with poverty-reduction strategy paper and millennium development goal targets aiming to control population, increase reproductive health service and further reduce maternal and child mortality rates, she explained.
Chaired by BDA Chairman Wahiduddin Mahmud, the function was also addressed, among others, by Health and Family Welfare Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, Social Welfare Minister Ali Ahsan M Mujahid, Netherlands Ambassador in Bangladesh Kees Bimsterboer, local MP S A Khaleque, Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) President M A Hadi, BMA General Secretary A Z M Zahid Hossain and BDA Secretary General A K Azad Khan.

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The Institute of Child and Mother Health (ICMH), Dhaka

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Armed Forces Medical College : It has opened recently. Construction not fully completed.

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Dhaka has some nice hospitals

http://www.squarehospital.com/_images/square_building.jpg Square Hospitals Limited

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Square Hospital Ltd. is an international standard hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is a multi-disciplinary 300-bed hospital with specialization in Cardiac, Cancer and Pediatrics managed by experienced professionals. SQUARE Hospitals Ltd. is the “Center of Excellence” in the country. The hospital is focused to provide dedicated & highest possible standard healthcare services for better treatment of social and national health at an affordable price through the continues improvement of medical, nursing and support staff. The hospital is centrally located in middle of the Dhaka city and is easily accessible from both parts from the city.

1200 patients can be served each day by its out patient department through 60 examination rooms.

The 15 storied building of the Square Hospital Ltd at Panthapath in Dhaka has already been completed at a cost of $42 million. The hospital also has a 3 storied basement car parking. The hospital is getting ready for full operation by coming June under a management affiliation with an international standard hosptial.

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I have some renderings of Continental Hospital Limited, which has actually been renamed to United Hospital Limited, if anyone is interested...

iamthedevil60, you can post the rendrings of the Continental Hospital if you want. Here is a picture from a few months back. Why did they change the name to United Hospital?

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It would be nice if u could post the renderings in this forum or just mail them to me at mirzazeehan@yahoo.com

The name was changed because the project has now been taken over by a firm with the same namesake.

I could email the renderings but I'd prefer to post it up myself, mainly because these are extremely high-res, each pic being over 6 mbs in filesize. I'll reduce it and then put it up.

2nd Japan-Bangladesh hospital branch opens at Dhanmondi

The second branch of Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital was opened in the capital’s Dhanmondi area to cater better medical services to the patients.
The foreign minister, M Morshed Khan, inaugurated the 60-bed hospital founded by three Bangladeshi doctors, who were educated in Japan, with the support of their Japanese teachers.
Morshed Khan said the government would take steps to allow foreign doctors to practice in Bangladesh.
He said, ‘It is deplorable that skilled doctors from foreign countries are not allowed to practice in our country. The government will not keep the people deprived of services of skilled foreign doctors.’
He said the government encouraged non-government efforts in health sector.
Chaired by the chief JBFH consultant surgeon Matiur Rahman, the function was also addressed by Japan ambassador, Matsushiro Horiguchi.
Matsushiro said his government provided assistance to Association of Medical Doctors of Asia, Bangladesh, which is headed by a co-founder of JBFH and the government remained eager to support more to develop the socio-economic condition of Bangladesh.
The JBFH was first opened at Gulshan in Dhaka around 12 years ago.

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Lifebuoy Floating Hospital

A multinational company has set up an unique example of serving suffering humanity by providing modern medicare services to hundreds of distressed people in the remotest char areas on the Brahmaputra basin in northern Bangladesh during the past one and a half year.

Lever Brothers Bangladesh Ltd. (LBBL) is conducting the unique job using specially constructed floating Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital (LFH) with the financial assistance from over a dozen of international donor agencies and voluntary organizations.

The unprecedented initiative has created huge enthusiasm and awareness among the poor, destitute and homeless people at char villages.

The villages are hardly to be reached using any sort of vehicles or even bicycles and may be reached only on foot, as there is no communication facilities.

But they are getting most of the modern medicare services in their own areas as the floating hospital is moving form one place to another by using the Brahmaputra, the Jamuna and their tributaries.

At present, the floating huge-size LFH is anchored at remote point of Chirakuti at the confluence of the Brahmaputra and Ghaghot rivers under Sadar upazila of Gaibandha to provide medicare services and create health-awareness among the targeted people of the area.

Originally a shallow barge, it was converted to a floating hospital in 2002. It now has a six-bed ward. The hospital has a x-ray room and an obstetric and gynecology centre.

Over 5,000 people were provided with medicare and 1,500 others operated by the LFH during the months of April and May in the remotest char areas.

A total of 18 doctors, officials and employees are now working relentlessly in the floating hospital. They include three physicians, one medical assistant, one pharmacist, one operation theatre (OT) assistant, one dental assistant, one health educator, one medical clerk and nine other employees.

The physicians are Dr Shafiul Azam, Dr Nazmul Islam and Dr Asim Kumar. Eminent burn injury specialist Dr Samont also frequently visits the LFH from Dhaka to conduct special surgeries.

Narrating usefulness of the LFH, people of char areas told BSS recently that they needed one to two days to reach the district hospitals with their patients.

"But the LFH created a new era in the field of medicare services to the common people. We will never forget it," they said.

There is another floating hospital currently under construction. Due for completion in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, by mid-2007, the Emirates Friendship Hospital ship will be used as a floating hospital in northern Bangladesh for communities isolated by the annual monsoon flooding of the Brahmaputra River.

The low-draught vessel is specially designed to navigate the shallow waters of this specific area of over 200 kilometres, one of the most medically neglected and inaccessible areas of Bangladesh.

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BIRDEM (Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders)

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Central Hospital

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CRP(Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed)

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Popular Diagnostic Center

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Sikder Medical Clinic

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Medinova Medical Centre

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Square Hospitals Limited nearing completion

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Imposing Apollo hospital in the distance..

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The construction of 550 bed Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital is going on in full swing. This will be a landmark hospital in Bangladesh for Cancer research. Construction of the 10-storey hospital building will be completed by 2008.

Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) received over Tk 23 lakh 81 thousand from 18 new donors in May, says a press release.

They are -- Dr Aminul Huq and Chhabi Amin, Tk 6 lakh 89 thousand 109.65; Kanchan Mian, Tk 6 lakh; anonymous lady, Tk 5 lakh; Iftekhar Ahmed Nasir, Tk 2 lakh; Nazma Islam, Firoza Mahmud and Mian Fazle Karim, Tk 1 lakh each; Mansurur Rahman, Tk 25 thousand; S N Billah, Tk 20 thousand; Firoza Haq, Tk 15 thousand; Sohel Haq, Tk 6 thousand; Amina Begum, Sahara Begum and Himel, Tk 5 thousand each; Ummey Saila, Tk 4.5 thousand; Sultana Sharmin, Tk 4 thousand and Anwar Hossain Choudhury, Tk 3 thousand.


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Construction work of Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) is progressing fast as per schedule at Uttara in the city. The two basements have already been completed and now construction of the first floor is going on


The total amount in the AMCH Fund now stands at Tk 30 crore 15 lakh 17 thousand, which includes the amount received from individuals and organisations, proceeds of the AMCH Lottery-2005 and a grant of Tk 10 crore from the Ministry of Social Affairs of the government.

As the world class 500-bed cancer hospital needs an estimated cost of about Tk 200 crore, Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), the sponsor of the hospital, has urged all to come forward to donate for early construction of the hospital.

It may be noted here that there are provisions of dedicating bed, ward or wing of the hospital in the name of one's near and dear ones and also of being enlisted as a sponsor of the hospital by donating specific amount of money.

Meanwhile, construction work of the hospital is progressing fast as per schedule at Uttara in the city. The two basements have already been constructed and now construction works of the first floor is going on.


http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/06/14/d60614061499.htm

Reaching the most isolated

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A surgery in the Dental unit of the floating hospital/An eye operation in progress


"Our flagship project is the floating hospital that we have by the chars, sponsored by Unilever Bangladesh Limited. It is called the Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital," says Runa Khan, the Executive Director of the Friendship project. In 1994, Yves Marre, a French Adventurer (Runa's husband) came to Bangladesh with a river barge, a 380 ton oil tanker as a 'World Premiere' to have it converted into a floating hospital. "We had the ship," explains Runa. "When we decided to use it to bring health care to the remotest people in Bangladesh. We naturally approached many donors, companies and multinationals for the funding and sponsorship. Because the idea of a mobile hospital rendering health care in these areas was so new, it got rejected. However, Unilever understood the need for it and decided to help out." "Eventually," she adds. "The superstructure was built, the renovations made and the dream of the mobile hospital, reaching these chars was realised." Not only does Unilever pay for the primary health care on the chars, they also cover the administration expenditure and finance four of the 36 satellite programs every month on 32 islands in the northern areas of Bangladesh.

Friendship has yet another floating hospital under construction which is being made locally in Dhaka. "We have a contract with Emirates Airlines Foundation who is financing the second floating hospital," she explains. "If everything goes well, we will have the Catamaran (a boat with two hulls for stability, size and speed) by the middle of 2007." Friendship is also going to have the first river ambulance made. "It is being designed by the famous naval architect in the world today, Marc Van Peteghem," informs Runa. "His multi hull boats have won all the cross-Atlantic boat races in the last 4-5 years."

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Sorry guys...these pics are seriously long overdue. I was caught up with a lot of work and didn't actually get the time to fix them up. As i said before, they were extremely large hi-res pics...

Neways...here they are...

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This shows both the front and rear side of the building. Also notice the new name of the hospital on some of the images...

Private hospitals aside, do Bangladeshis get free healthcare from the gov?

Generally speaking, free health care is available either in rich countries, or in non-democratic centralized states. Bangladesh is neither of those, so the answer is no. However, there are government run hospitals.

Actually the government hospitals in Bangladesh offer free treatment and free beds to the poor now, but wih a very limited range of free medicine.However,the quality of free service remains poor.

Actually the government hospitals in Bangladesh offer free treatment and free beds to the poor now, but wih a very limited range of free medicine.However,the quality of free service remains poor.

That's good...I think by all means, encourage private healthcare, but the gov should utilise the taxes from these corporations and pour it back into public health for the common good.

SFD to provide $22m for cancer, eye hospitals

The country will receive 22 million US dollar from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) for specialised hospitals and medical institutes to provide specialised treatment and medical facilities for patients of cancer and eye diseases, reports BSS.

An agreement was signed at a simple ceremony in the conference room of National Economic Council (NEC) at Sher-e- Bangla Nagar here today.

Secretary of External Resource Division (ERD) Md Ismail Zabihullah and Deputy Managing Director of the SFD Engineer Mohammad Al-Shawl signed the accord on behalf of the Bangladesh government and the SFD respectively.

Officials in the ERD said the money would be spent under a project to upgrade physical and equipment facilities of the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) and the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH). The facilities include construction of service buildings and housing units of the hospitals, and procurement of medical equipment and furniture.

They said a 300-bed new 10-storey building for the NICRH and a 250-bed new six-storey building for the NIOH would be constructed under the project involving 60 million US dollar.

Of the amount, the Bangladesh government would provide 38 million US dollar and the rest 22 million US dollar to be borne by the SFD under the agreement.

The Directorate General of the Health Services under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will implement the project.

http://www.bangladeshobserveronline.com/new/2006/08/03/city.htm

some photos of the Continental Hospital from across Baridhara Lake.

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Beautiful pictures of the Continental Hospital!

this is a good thread. Why don't you post it either in the infrastructure forum or lowrise forum or both?

Dhaka Medical College Hospital

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PM inaugurates multi-storey car park, modern hospital in city

8/25/2006

Prime Minister Khaleda Zia Thursday formally inaugurated the country's first government-sponsored multi-story car park in a commercial building at Dilkusha, one of the important business hubs of the capital, reports BSS.
She also inaugurated a modern private sector Bangladesh- Malaysia joint venture hospital at Gulshan in the city.
The 450-bed 'United Hospital Limited' has 11 operation theaters to treat patients of general surgery, cardio-thoracic and vascular surgery, orthopedics, neuro-surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, urology, ophthalmology, ENT, pediatric surgery and plastic surgery.
The hospital at Plot No. 15, Road No. 71 at Gulshan is being managed by KPJ Healthcare Malaysia. It will begin its OPD (Out Patient Department) from August 27.
The Prime Minister unveiled the plaque of the hospital, offered munazat and went around the different sections.
Information Minister M Shamsul Islam, Mayor of Dhaka Sadeq Hossain Khoka, State Minister for Health Mizanur Rahman Sinha, State Minister for Shipping Quamrul Islam and United Hospital Chairman Hassan Mahmud were present.
Later, the Prime Minister inaugurated the eight-story car park of 'Sadharan Bima Tower' at Dilkusha. The car park comprising the first five floors and three basement floors of the tower has the capacity to accommodate 545 cars at a time.
The building was constructed on two bighas of land at a cost of about Tk 300 million (30 crore), Tk 50 million less than the estimated cost.

http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=8/25/2006&section_id=2&newsid=35506&spcl=no

Square hospital(Under-construction)

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Ownership
SQUARE HOSPITAL (SH) is a private Limited company tradedon the Joint Stock Company of Bangladesh

The owner Is “SQUARE GROUP“ one of Bangladesh's most respected business groups.

SH-Building
15 stories plus 3 basement car parking
(NFPA) Building built to USA Fire and Building Safety Standards
42 Thousand Square meter (3.74.000 square feet)

Human Resources
Managed by 600 employees
Bumrungrad Hospital Management Team
Over 100 physicians most with international training/ certification

Inpatient Services
300Inpatient Beds
ICU/CCU /NICU Units
Labour and Delivery Units
12 Operating Theatres

Outpatient Facilities
24- Hour Emergency Care
Regular and Cardiac Ambulance
Out Patient Surgery Center
60 Clinic Consultation Rooms
Hospital Information System
PACS (Picture Archiving Communication System

Service Support Facilities
• Suites, deluxe, single rooms • Two beds and 8 bed units
• Air Ambulance • 24 hrs Pharmacy Services
• 3 Basement Car Parking • Cafeteria
• Cyber Corner • Flower and Fruit Shop
• Gift and Book Shop • Prayer Room
• High Standard Safety and Security System • Professional House Keeping and Cleaning Service

Source-www.squarehospital.com

Apollo Hospital

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United Hospital

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Ibn Sina Hospital

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Anyone know when the Square Hospital will be inaugarated?

Anyone know when the Square Hospital will be inaugarated?
its already open! but i dont know about the inauguration

its already open! but i dont know about the inauguration

cool. Great to see so many international standard hospitals being built in Bangladesh these days. I hope they are affordable to people of all income and not just the rich.

cool. Great to see so many international standard hospitals being built in Bangladesh these days. I hope they are affordable to people of all income and not just the rich.

Sadly we aren't at that stage yet. My mom stayed at Apollo two days and it cost her 45 000 taka's, far beyond what an average bangladeshi can afford. But it is however a rat first step and as more of these hosptals are built, i believe the prices will naturally be driven down through competition to more middle class levels. I don't think it is possible to realistically provide this level of healthcare to the poor however.

15 storied Square Hospital

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Tk350cr Square Hospitals opens next month
300-bed hospital to serve 1200 outdoor patients a day

Aiming to provide global standard healthcare services locally at an affordable cost, a Tk350 crore Square Hospitals is set to go into formal operation next month.

The Square Group in affiliation with three renowned international hospitals is implementing the 300-bed tertiary-care hospital located at Panthapath in Dhaka.

These international partners are Methodist Healthcare, Memphis, Tennessee, US, Christian Medical College (CMCH),Vellore, India and Care IVE (Invitro Fertility Centre) Centre, Singapore.

"We hope we will formally launch the operation of the hospital on December 16, 2006 for the customers," said Tapan Chowdhury, managing director of the Square Hospitals, while talking journalists on the hospital premises yesterday.

He said had the leading local investors come forward, medical services could be one of the major sectors in Bangladesh. But it did not happen because the feedback of any investment in this sector comes late.

'Good initiative returns good recognition'--keeping this slogan in mind, the Square Group has come forward with tremendous confidence and invested Tk350 crore in construction of the hospital," he said, adding that this is not a commercial venture of Square Group and its objective is not to merely make money.

He further said in this context that the income of the hospital would be reinvested in its development.

"I can assure you that we will provide quality medical services with an affordable cost, which will be more competitive than any internationally recognised hospital operating in Bangladesh," the Square Hospitals MD said.

Informing that Bangladeshi people spend about Tk4000crore by taking medical services from abroad, he said,"We hope the Square Hospitals would be able to save this huge amount of money through providing services." He, however, said Square will not compromise with quality.

Md Sanawar Hossain, chief of Medical Services, Md Amer Wahed, consultant of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ancillary Services, Dr Tanvir Ahsan Chowdhury, coordinator of Medical Services, were also present at the programme tiled ' A rendezvous with the future : explore and experience Square Hospitals'.

The hospital will provide both outdoor and indoor medical services and ambulance services for the patients.

The Outpatient Department (OPD) of the hospital is capable of serving 1200 patients a day through 60 fully equipped medical consultation and examination rooms. The patients will get the outdoor facilities from early morning to late evening.

The fully equipped Inpatients Department (IPD) of the Square Hospitals is also ready to provide medical services to the patients.

Coronary Care Unit (CCU), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU) and all other branches of IPD, usually available in an internationally recognised hospital, have also been set up at the Square Hospitals.

To ensure an international medical service from a local hospital, Square Hospitals is encouraging reputed non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) doctors working abroad. Out of the 100 doctors, a total of 25 non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) specialist doctors have been appointed so far in the hospital and many more are waiting to join the hospital, according to the hospital officials.

Besides, approximately 200 doctors and 380 nurses will be appointed in the Square Hospitals.

It has already appointed 150 nurses from home and abroad. For further advancement of the medical sector in Bangladesh, it has hired some nurses from the Philippines, Australia and India. Local nurses, who are already appointed, will be trained up from CMCH, Vellore, India.

The hospital comprising two buildings on either side of Panthapath is connected by an over bridge. With US fire and safety standards, the 18-storey main building has already been equipped with international standard machineries. And the 16-storey second building, which is now under construction, is expected to be operational by late 2007.

http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/11/28/d61128050160.htm

this is a few month olds news. It has a lot of information on United Hospital

United Hospital: The newest world class health facility in Bangladesh

Bangladesh now has another hospital of international standard. It is too early to say anything about the nature of services to be found there since United Hospital is not yet fully operational having only seen a soft opening by the honourable Prime Minister on August 24. However this correspondent has visited the hospital and the hospital is situated in beautiful lakeside surrounding with the interior and exterior matching the standard to be expected in a truly international hospital. Impressive gardens and landscaping welcome the visitors on arrival and the drive-way is smooth right to the vast underground parking.

United Hospital is one of the largest healthcare facilities in Bangladesh with 450 beds. The hospital rests grandly on a total area of approximately 450,000 sft. United Hospital has entered into a management partnership with KPJ Healthcare Berhad of Malaysia. KPJ has an extensive network of 19 private specialist hospitals and is now the largest group of private healthcare provider in Malaysia.

United Group, the founders of United Hospital, was established about three decades ago in 1977. Like most companies, the company started small but now has become a large presence in diverse sectors encompassing fields like power generation, property and land development, weaving, spinning and textiles, pharmaceuticals, land port services, travel & tourism and educational intuitions.

The hospital building is purpose built to accommodate 450 beds placed in wards, cabins, emergency, ICUs, CCUs, and ICCUs. The hospital has six patient lifts, two visitors lift, one VIP lift and two dumb waiters. United Hospital has shown consideration for visitors and also a sound knowledge of human requirements by designing and building secured parking facilities for over 350 vehicles. The parking facility in United Hospital is a feature that makes this hospital incomparable and well ahead in this particular feature than all other ones. There are 40 consultants' room and a large number of departments to serve the patients with various ailments including Cardiac, Gynecology, Orthopedic, Neurology, Pediatric, Internal Medicine, A&E, Radiology, Laboratory, Physiotherapy, ENT, Ophthalmology, Gastroentology, Nephrology etc.

The hospital has a total of 11 Operation Theatre & one Cathlab. These include: four for General Surgery, three for gynae & Caesarean, one for A & E Procedure and one for Cathlab. Various facilities in the hospital are monitored through a building management system (BMS). The floors throughout the hospital are covered with anti-static, non-abrasive and anti-bacterial vinyl material. The Operating Theatre are MGI pre-fabricated with a structural steel shell and jointless sealed sterile coating. The electrically operated ICU beds are fully automatic with battery backup. The modular patient monitoring systems are fully automated with remote control option. All the ICUs including the isolation room, plus the quarantine facility with patients with contagious disease, are lake facing and have fully automated nurse call system to monitor patients and provide instant service.

United Hospital has set up a specially designed state-of-art Integrated Hospital Information System to record and monitor all activities and to store patient information in digital format for easy of access and permanent record keeping. There is a captive power generation facility, in-house laundry, kitchen, and pharmacy and physiotherapy facilities. Close circuit cameras are installed throughout the hospital, making its security system the very best and according to modern requirements.

International quality examination facilities are there in the hospital. The Radiology Department will provide extensive services to patients with the latest state-of-the art equipment including true 64 Slice CT Scanner and the 1.5 T High Definition MRI system. The department is also equipped with other latest machines like the digital mammography, 500MA and mobile x-rays 4D colour and portable ultrasound.VCT : 64 Slice CT Scanner System is the world's first clinical volume CT system that represents a revolution in CT scanning. HDIVIR : Signa EXCITE 1.5 T (HDIVIR) with 16 Channel MRI System is a comprehensive and scalable platform for premium performance in newrovascular, cardiovascular, abdominal and orthopedic imaging. The ultra clean pre-fabricated Modular OT boasts of world class Berchtold OT Light with Cam VisionLaboratory and Cathlab The Innova 2000 cardiovascular imaging system is a fully integrated imaging system. Laboratory equipment includes Sophisticated & Accurate Olympus AU 640 Biochemistry Analyzer, Sysmex Hematology Analyzer, Abbott Immunoanalyzer, Sabia's Electrophoresis Analyzer etc.

The hospital offers a full-service laboratory that is staffed 24 hours' a day, seven days' a week for in-patient services. Modern record keeping and instant retrieval of information will enable the hospital to save patient' s history once the patient visits and registers himself or herself and offers the same for future reference. Nutrition experts and dieticians will ensure that food is offered to the patients in keeping with their health and other requirements.

There is no doubt that United Hospital would ensure that many people do not travel to a foreign country when they need hospital care. However, this would mean that United Hospital must ensure that all staff is repeatedly impressed upon the virtue of extreme patience and courtesy in the face of extreme provocations. Display of professionalism and composure at all times would help increase the potential of the hospital to make it come across as a truly caring, professional and steadfast and best quality hospital that can compete with the best hospitals in the world. The last word for all hospitals should be that, they should offer best quality care for all sections of the society and in ways that make the patient feel that the term "care" is associated in every step of the hospital stay.

http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=11/23/2006&section_id=14&newsid=42850&spcl=yes

United Hospital in Gulshan

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Labaid Specialised Hospital

Labaid Specialised Hospital, a sister concern of Labaid Group, was inaugurated in the city’s Dhanmondi area on Tuesday aiming at providing people with modern and specialised healthcare services.

The Labaid Group managing director, Dr AM Shamim, inaugurated the hospital and later exchanged views with journalists on the newly constructed hospital premises at Dhanmondi.

Some 100 poor patients will get outdoor service from the hospital on Fridays with 75 per cent concession, said the managing director.

‘We first provide the outdoor service to the poor people who will be able to get the pathological facilities from the hospital,’ said Shamim.

The launching ceremony was also addressed by Khademul Islam and Zulfiqur Rahman Khan of general surgery, Abul Khair of neurosurgery, MA Samad of nephrology, Jahangir Kabir of urology, M Motahar Hossain of gastroenterology, Sayedul Islam of chest medicine, Gouranga Bairagi of orthopaedic surgery, Hosne Ara Baby and Hafizur Rahman of gynaecology and obstetrics, Kazi Naushad-Un-Nabi and Aftab Yusuf Raj of paediatric and neonatology and Shah Alam of anaesthesiology.

As a good number of people hanker after foreign hospitals for proper treatment, Labaid Hospital are going to meet the demand for quality medical care and thus save a great deal of foreign exchanges as well, the hospital authorities said.

The hospital, constructed at a cost of Tk 150 crore, will also provide one-stop and 24-hour service for the patients. Patients will have to pay Tk 1,500 for economy bed while Tk 4,000 for deluxe cabin per day.

There are ten operation theatres of international standard in the hospital to conduct all kinds of operations including laparoscopic urologic surgery, renal transplantation, liver support and its transplant.

The hospital having the facilities of risk pregnancy clinic and one-stop childcare unit will provide children with all kinds of medicare.

http://www.newagebd.com/met.html

mirza, here's a photo showing the tunnel overbridge between the two buildings of Square Hospital.

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Dhaka Medical College Hospital

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A little historical note that some may not know - the buildings of the Dhaka Medical College were the original buildings of Dhaka University. Curzon Hall was intended to be the town hall for Dhaka during the short lived state of East Bengal (1905-1912) but that never came to fruition, and it became part of the University.

mirza, here's a photo showing the tunnel overbridge between the two buildings of Square Hospital.


I really like the idea of having a tunnel to connect the two buildings,lets just hope the other building of square hospitals thats being built turns out to be as good looking as the present one.

I really like the idea of having a tunnel to connect the two buildings,lets just hope the other building of square hospitals thats being built turns out to be as good looking as the present one.
Lol is that all that matters? It will be nice as nice I'm quite sure. I'm glad Dhaka is coming with good international standard hospitals because we still have a huge percentage of people (those who can afford it of course) going to places like India for treatment, but now you can get almost any kind of surgery performed here.

Lol is that all that matters? It will be nice as nice I'm quite sure. I'm glad Dhaka is coming with good international standard hospitals because we still have a huge percentage of people (those who can afford it of course) going to places like India for treatment, but now you can get almost any kind of surgery performed here.

And on top of that it is also much cheaper than India yet the quality is just as good.

And on top of that it is also much cheaper than India yet the quality is just as good.

all these hospitals i would think is catered for the upper-middle class. i would seriously question their affordability and quality vis-a-vis india. also, i have heard that most foreign health care professionals in bangladesh work without proper authorization from the BMA.

Square Hospital,Panthopath

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that's looks like posh shopping center. Great photos Mirza. Glad to see more and more international standard hospitals popping up in Dhaka.

SQUARE Hospital starts journey
Commits to ensure international standard healthcare services

SQUARE Hospital was formally inaugurated on December 16, the historic Victory Day, with commitment to ensure international standard healthcare services in the country, says a press release.
Anita Chowdhury, wife of Samson H Chowdhury, the founder of SQUARE Group, inaugurated the hospital at a simple ceremony on its premises at Panthapath in the city.

In her inaugural speech, Anita said the SQUARE Hospital with its latest technology, skilled manpower and passion for maintaining the highest quality in everything has emerged as the beacon of hope for the nation in the area of healthcare services.

She expressed her confidence that the hospital will ensure true international standard healthcare services in Bangladesh which many Bangladeshis try to find in hospitals abroad.


Highlighting the growth of the SQUARE Group over the last 50 years, Anita said the group today is a big family of 15000 members who have made her the proud mother of 15000 children.

In his address of welcome, Samson H Chowdhury, chairman of the Group, said the SQUARE Hospital is a token of gratitude from the group to the people of Bangladesh who have put their confidence in SQUARE Group turning it into one of the leading conglomerates of the country.


The event also featured an introduction to the hospital by Professor Sanawar Hossain, director of Medical Services, while Joe Davis-Fleming, CEO of the hospital, shared his views on the immense possibilities of SQUARE Hospital.

Samuel S Chowdhury, vice-chairman, and Anjan Chowdhury, director, of SQUARE Group, eminent dignitaries, representatives from different news media and high officials of other enterprises of the group were present on the occasion.


The 300-bed 18-storied tertiary-care hospital has over 1000 members, including more than 100 medical and 300 nursing staff who have a bright track record of working at home and abroad.
To ensure the best healthcare services, SQUARE Hospital has obtained affiliate partnership of (i) The Methodist La Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, (ii) Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India, and (iii) Care IVF Centre, Singapore.



With the objective of setting up newer heights in Bangladesh healthcare sector, SQUARE Hospital houses individually structured and equipped departments for all the major medical disciplines with respective subspecialties

Lab Aid Specialised Hospital,Dhanmondi


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Lab Aid Cardiac Hospital,Dhanmondi

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great photos Mirza. Lab Aid Hospital looks nice.

BIRDEM

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BSMMU

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Dhaka Medical College

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There are SO MANY good hospitals in Dhaka still ppl go from here to Kolkata for even the minorest of diseases/injuries! They should trust our doctors a bit more!

Apollo Hospital Side View

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Apollo Hospital

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United Hospital,Baridhara

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nice photos Mirza. Continental Hospital looks great. Must be very expensive.

Square Hospital,Panthopath at night


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brilliant photos Mirza. Out of the 3 recently built International standard hospitals which one looks the most impressive? I think Apollo Hospital is still the nicest looking while Square Hospital is probably the most massive.

brilliant photos Mirza. Out of the 3 recently built International standard hospitals which one looks the most impressive? I think Apollo Hospital is still the nicest looking while Square Hospital is probably the most massive.

All the three recently built international standard hospitals in Dhaka look great,but among the three, United Hospital looks most impressive to me,due to its location and its lighting.What we see now is just one of the buildings of the Square Hospitals,once the other one is completed and connected to this one,SQH would surely look more impressive than it looks now.

I don't know about square. It looks too much like an office to me. Though its impressive. Hmm. I still gotta go with Appollo. Since the three have similar quality of healthcare and the appollo building design is just fantastic. Especcialy the main lobby, its very innovative. For those who haven't seen it, its basically an open floor with a roof yet somehow they got the temperature inside to feel just right. And even though it feels like your indoors, you still know your outdoors, i don't know i guess i can't describe, its just cool.

All the three recently built international standard hospitals in Dhaka look great,but among the three, United Hospital looks most impressive to me,due to its location and its lighting.What we see now is just one of the buildings of the Square Hospitals,once the other one is completed and connected to this one,SQH would surely look more impressive than it looks now.

Yup, even I think United is better than the rest by a small margin. Anyone got pics. of the interior? I wish I could go there, not due to any injury or anything of that kind lol.

My vote would go for the United Hospital considering the outside architecture. I haven't seen the inside pics, so can't comment on that. United Hospital could be mistaken for a posh hotel!

Apollo Hospital

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United Hospital's location is the nicest. Can't go wrong with lakeside Baridhara.

probably might get a job in United Group someday. Looks like they are the next big thing. United City, United Internetional University, United Hospitals, blah blah blah all really succesful.

In United Group? Thats great! Maybe you could post a few pics. of their interior stuffs once you are there?

Kolkata's Birla hospital to foray into Bangladesh

Kolkata's B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre is planning to set up a 200-bed super speciality hospital in Bangladesh as well as eight diagnostic centres with an initial investment of Rs.300 million.

Suyash Borar, chief operating officer of the hospital, told IANS: "We are going to set up a hospital and eight other diagnostic centres in Bangladesh with an aim to provide quality and affordable healthcare service. Two diagnostic centres with modern equipment and tele-medicine facilities will come up in 2007."

"The 200-bed super speciality hospital will come up in Dhaka. The construction will start shortly and be completed by the end of 2008. All the eight diagnostic centres would be functional in three phases," Borar said.

Of the eight diagnostic centres two each will come up in Dhaka, Chittagong and one in Jessore. "Other cities will be decided upon soon," said Borar, the chief operating officer, who was recently in Delhi.

http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=31699

Kolkata's Birla hospital to foray into Bangladesh

Kolkata's B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre is planning to set up a 200-bed super speciality hospital in Bangladesh as well as eight diagnostic centres with an initial investment of Rs.300 million.

Suyash Borar, chief operating officer of the hospital, told IANS: "We are going to set up a hospital and eight other diagnostic centres in Bangladesh with an aim to provide quality and affordable healthcare service. Two diagnostic centres with modern equipment and tele-medicine facilities will come up in 2007."

"The 200-bed super speciality hospital will come up in Dhaka. The construction will start shortly and be completed by the end of 2008. All the eight diagnostic centres would be functional in three phases," Borar said.

Of the eight diagnostic centres two each will come up in Dhaka, Chittagong and one in Jessore. "Other cities will be decided upon soon," said Borar, the chief operating officer, who was recently in Delhi.

http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=31699


I am doubtful about this news. I believe that bangladeshi government should closely monitor indian based companies operating in bangladesh, and should implement some type of regulatory body to control these sort of companies, because when indians bring investments to bangladesh, they have two agendas, one is to dominate the local market by killing competition, and two, is to destroy demand for local products.

Didn't know where else to put this,but this is great news


NY hospitals, public schools
introduce Bangla
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . New York

A number of hospitals and the public schools in the New York City have introduced Bangla side by side with existing English and Spanish languages.
With the introduction of Bangla in high school curriculum in New York, Bangla language has attained the pride as one of the major international languages.
From last year, it was made compulsory for the hospitals in the New York City to appoint interpretors equally proficient both in English and Bangla for the convenience of the Bangladeshi immigrants who know a little about English or do not know at all.
With the introduction of Bangla in the New York hospitals, Bangladeshi immigrants could now easily communicate with the doctors, nurses and others concerned.
A good number of school students in the New York City have been studying Bangla as their second language after English.
Teachers of Bangladesh origin have been trying their best to introduce Bangla in the high schools where Bangla is yet to be introduced as the second language.
The Bangladesh community leaders including MA Quaiyum, Mohammad Aminullah, Professor Abul Kalam Azad, Mohammad Saleh, Hasna Ali, NY state senator John Sabini, city councilmen Jim Jenuro, Hram Manssorat and John Lue are also playing their role in establishing Bangla as an international language.

Source:http://www.newagebd.com/front.html#e2

^^ That's great news for people living here in US. I am not sure this will ever be possible here in the southern US, but it certainly is a boon for folks who want their children to keep in touch with their roots.

great news for bangladeshi community living in NYC.

Great news for NYC. Toronto has the same thing too. I think they also have it for they transit system cause in Toronto, our transit system operators have bangla interpretors as well.

ICDDR

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Dhabi Group to set up world class hospital

Dhabi Group is willing to set up a world class medical college and hospital in Bangladesh as many people go abroad for better treatment spending valuable foreign currencies. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, the owner of the group that has international investments, expressed his intention as Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus proposed him to set up a world class medical college hospital in Bangladesh.

Yunus made the proposal when the owner of the Dhabi Group and Warid Telecom expressed interest to do something in Bangladesh during their meeting at his residence in Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon. told him that the medical college can be named after his own name or jointly after his and my names, and said the announcement for setting up the medical college will be made jointly during Nahayan's visit to Bangladesh," Yunus told UNB.

About the proposed hospital, Prof Yunus said students from Bangladesh and other parts of the world or especially from the Muslim countries would be able to read medical science in this medical college, while the people of Bangladesh can avail of world class treatment from the hospital.

"As a good number of people of Bangladesh often go abroad for better treatment spending valuable foreign currencies, this type of world class hospital and medical college can help them a lot to have better medical treatment," he said.

During his meeting with the Higher Education Minister of the UAE, Dr Yunus elaborately described the past and present conditions of his Grameen Bank.

He also presented a Nakshi Kantha, having needle works by Bangladeshi rural women, to Nahyan.

Talking to reporters after the meeting, the pioneer of the micro-finance stressed the need for improving human resources. "A nation with huge human resources should not lag behind," he said. Emphasising the importance of young leadership, he said youths are the driving force of a nation.

Replying a question, Prof Yunus said poverty is artificial as it is imposed on the people. "Human being is naturally creative and people in all ages wanted to get rid of poverty," he said describing poverty as the main threat to peace.

http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_34280.shtml

Damn. Theres gonna be a lot of competition at the top echelon level medical carein Dhaka now with all these new world class hospitals. Do you guys think there is a possibility that all these hospitals would reduce the cost and make it mre affordable to the average bangladeshi rather than how it is now?

Dunno. One of my miserly distant relative was unconcious for a two days and his family took him to Apollo. I heard from them that he almost had a heart attack when he saw the bill after regaining consciousness!!! The incident is true, trust me. The bills really ought to reduce....

Dunno. One of my miserly distant relative was unconcious for a two days and his family took him to Apollo. I heard from them that he almost had a heart attack when he saw the bill after regaining consciousness!!! The incident is true, trust me. The bills really ought to reduce....

Ya this summer i when i was in bangladesh, my mom was in the hospital for a day and her bill was over 50 000. The costs for all these hospitals are well beyond the reach of the average bangladeshi and it really needs to change.

It is somewhat unrealistic to expect private companies to provide expensive services at low cost. Here in America, where health care costs are the worst anywhere, private hospitals could not do that without government support. As wealth of Bangladeshi government slowly increases, hopefully that will be used to subsidize healthcare for less fortunate people. A business cannot survive without making profits, or by making less profit than its competition. So, expecting these private hospitals to do so without assistance, while that would be a good thing, is not something I would force them to do. I am just glad that (for those who can afford at least) there is no longer the need to fly off to Bangkok or Singapore for even minor procedures the way it used to be not so long ago.

I agree with Tanzirian,the new International standard hospitals will sure save alot of foreign exchange.Although they are expensive,I think the costs of getting treatment in these hospitals would be pretty close to the total expenditure our NOT SO RICH class had to bear for travelling to India for treatment.Now they wont have to bother travelling atleast.

I agree with Tanzirian,the new International standard hospitals will sure save alot of foreign exchange.Although they are expensive,I think the costs of getting treatment in these hospitals would be pretty close to the total expenditure our NOT SO RICH class had to bear for travelling to India for treatment.Now they wont have to bother travelling atleast.

Still, i m hoping all this competition will lower the costs making atleast partially available to a greater percentage of people. Competition usually does lower costs.

As competition grows, health care cost will inevitably go down to some extent. We cannot expect to get world class care at the same cost as the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Few years ago cell phones were for the wealthy people. But now it has reached all segment of the population. I don't think health care cost will come down that much, but it is bound to come down as competition grows. Right now it almost cost an arm and leg for treatment at Apollo because they virtually don't have any competition. United and Square are fairly new in the market and they are yet to make any noticeable mark in this sector.

private healthcare...no matter where it is in the world...is expensive. it is even apart from the fact that private firms are in it for the profit...it is extremely expensive to run and maintain. a fully staffed hospital with qualified doctors...technicians...nurses...dieticians...attendants...etc...not to mention with the state of the art machinery being used nowadays...are money gobbling operations. state funded healthcare systems...as well as national healthcare insurance systems do tend to make it cheaper for the end customers...but the cost for the firms are still essentially the same...and the treatment is subsidized either by the government or on a large scale contract basis with insurance companies. so more hospitals do not neccessarily mean cheaper healthcare. however...one of the things that will make it cheaper is if more doctors are trained and inducted into the system. with the current state...doctors are charging exorbitant prices just to be a part of the hospital. so yea...all these things matter.

private healthcare...no matter where it is in the world...is expensive. it is even apart from the fact that private firms are in it for the profit...it is extremely expensive to run and maintain. a fully staffed hospital with qualified doctors...technicians...nurses...dieticians...attendants...etc...not to mention with the state of the art machinery being used nowadays...are money gobbling operations. state funded healthcare systems...as well as national healthcare insurance systems do tend to make it cheaper for the end customers...but the cost for the firms are still essentially the same...and the treatment is subsidized either by the government or on a large scale contract basis with insurance companies. so more hospitals do not neccessarily mean cheaper healthcare. however...one of the things that will make it cheaper is if more doctors are trained and inducted into the system. with the current state...doctors are charging exorbitant prices just to be a part of the hospital. so yea...all these things matter.


well said.

Apollo Hospital @ night

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Continental Hospital

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Apollo Hospital

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Dhaka Medical College Hospital

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Apollo Hospital

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Continental Hospital
photo credit: Ershad Ahmed

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Armed Forces Hospital

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Continental Hospital

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Jibontari Floating Hospital

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DMCH to add 600 beds

Dhaka Medical College Hospital has revived a stalled project to expand its capacity to 2,300 beds from existing 1700 beds.

The extension and modernisation work involving over Tk 56 crore will begin by the yearend, the hospital authorities said. Public Works Department will implement the scheme.

Acute accommodation crisis is one the major problems that plaque the country’s largest public hospital, which handles three times more patients than its capacity.

The health and family welfare ministry took up the extension and modernisation scheme in 2001 to improve the standards of services in the hospital, sources said.

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of the DMCH annexe on August 18 in 2001, but the project, which was supposed to be completed by 2005, was shelved due to political changeover and bureaucratic triangles.

The primary works of the scheme have been completed and a tender will soon be invited in newspapers for construction of a 10-storey building as planned under the scheme. The layout of the building has already been finalised, DMCH officials said.

The new building will house endocrinology, endoscopies, haemodialysis and kidney transplantation department and wards, operation theatres, VIP and general cabins.

Director of the hospital, Abdus Shahid Khan told New Age on Wednesday that the project would include installation of 600 beds and new equipment for 21 departments to provide better health services and educate the health professionals. ‘On completion of the scheme, the present problems in the hospital will be over,’ he said.

DMCH, being the country’s best referral hospital, has to handle patients referred by physicians from across the country or its emergency treatment. Principal of the college and professors of all departments have been working to revise the project, the director said.

The building will be constructed on five acres of land on the west side of the hospital.

Hospital sources said on an average about 250 patients are admitted to the hospital everyday, and about 3,000 patients visit the outdoor and emergency departments. The hospital has over 2,000 resident patients.

http://www.newagebd.com/met.html

WARNING

Someone mentioned above MGI was/has been used to supply and install prefabricated operating theatres.

MGI was awarded 8 new hospital jobs in Malaysia, and never completed any of them due to poor products (terminal units that did not comply with regs) and also did not work. Lack of funding due to some greedy UK directors to the point site staff were not paid salaries for many months.

Malaysian government kicked MGI of projects and were completed by other companies.

MGI should be specified with caution !

United Hospital

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Lab Aid Specialized Hospital

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Square Hospital

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Apollo Hospital

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Lab Aid Cardiac Hospital and Lab Aid Specialized Hospital

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Apollo Hospital

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photo credit: Md. Ziaul Hoque

United Hospital

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Photo - Md. Ziaul Hoque

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why do i get the feeling that this building might transform into a giant robot or something? :D

The reason you got the feeling of transforming the hospital to a gian robot is because the picture is taken from very close from it but he tired to cover the entire strcuture in it, specially lenght wise. for that he probably used W lense to accomodate.

^^yep... wide-angle lens used from short distance would do that.

United Hospital

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lobby area

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We have surely built some great looking hospitals...hope their serivices are as good as their looks.Btw,I saw a rendering of Imperial Hospital thats coming up in Chittagong...it looked better than all of these.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital


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United Hospital

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BSMMU Hospital and BIRDEM Hospital

photo credit: Ershad Ahmed

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BIRDEM appears to be expanding madly.

BSMMU Hospital and BIRDEM Hospital

photo credit: Ershad Ahmed


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BIRDEM appears to be expanding madly.

Yes, the section just right of center must be newly built. Looks good.

Also, for those of you not familiar with it, the pic below shows the building which used to house the first modern hotel of Dhaka - the Hotel Shahbagh - which opened in the 1950s. Now the building is part of BSMMU / IPGMR.

BSMMU Hospital and BIRDEM Hospital

photo credit: Ershad Ahmed

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^^yup..... i remember when it was Shahbagh hotel. The bus stop at the location was called Shahbagh stop till long after it became a hospital. Rahman's movie "Milan" was shot in Shahbagh hotel. Rahman acted as a hotel recieptionist in the movie. :lol:

Good to see that BIRDEM and IPGR/BSMMU are expanding. However, services provided in these two hospitals may be good in some respect but certainly not up to the international standard. These two hospitals were right there when the mad rush to get cold treatment at Kolkata hospital started. It was only after Appollo, United, Square, Labaid and alike came into being that the rush had been slowed down significantly. Many of my relatives are quite happy to receive treatments in those hospitals, although not necessarily happy with the cost. Nonetheless its better to get treated right on your doorstep than going abroad. I know of at least few instances where BD people from US and UK have come to BD for treatments in some renowned hospitals.

Btw,I saw a rendering of Imperial Hospital thats coming up in Chittagong...it looked better than all of these.

Is it posted here? Would you care to share the rendering with us?

................... the mad rush to get cold treatment at Kolkata hospital started. .................

I remember the time. It was driving me nuts.

yup..... i remember when it was Shahbagh hotel. The bus stop at the location was called Shahbagh stop till long after it became a hospital. Rahman's movie "Milan" was shot in Shahbagh hotel. Rahman acted as a hotel recieptionist in the movie.

There was a fountain on the Shahbagh circle with "W"-looking columns :-)

BSMMU

photo credit: Ershad Ahmed

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Sikder Women's Medical College and Hospital

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BSMMU

photo credit: Ershad Ahmed

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United Hospital

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http://www.ahsaniacancer.org/

The construction of 550 bed Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital is going on in full swing. This will be a landmark hospital in Bangladesh for Cancer research. Construction of the 10-storey hospital building will be completed by end of 2008.

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photo credit: Ershad Ahmed

CRP, Mirpur

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nice pictures

United Hospital

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Beautiful Picture Tmac!

Apollo Hospital,Bashundhara Baridhara

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Square Hospital,Panthopath

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Good to see Ahsania Cancer Hospital making progress.

BIRDEM

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another beautiful photo of the United Hospital

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Good to see hospitals coming up fast. I wish services were as good as the exterior looks. Health care is still in serious limbo. The newly constructed ones are constantly surrounded by controversies and as a result their credibility remained quite low. People are still amazed, in a good way, by the service they receive at the Mount Elizabeth in Singapore. It is a shame that a country such as ours couldn't build one hospital comparable to Mount Elizabeth. As far as I know, the doctors and staffs in Mount Elizabeth are not from the moon. So, I don't see why still we are so much behind in our health care facilities.

Good to see hospitals coming up fast. I wish services were as good as the exterior looks. Health care is still in serious limbo. The newly constructed ones are constantly surrounded by controversies and as a result their credibility remained quite low. People are still amazed, in a good way, by the service they receive at the Mount Elizabeth in Singapore. It is a shame that a country such as ours couldn't build one hospital comparable to Mount Elizabeth. As far as I know, the doctors and staffs in Mount Elizabeth are not from the moon. So, I don't see why still we are so much behind in our health care facilities.

I do not see that ever happening in Bangladesh unless there is an abrupt and absolute change in attitude and culture of the medical profession (in Bangladesh).

Man! The progress for Ahsania Mission Hospital is damn slowww!.. i donated some back in 2001 and at that time, they were about to start the construction. With so much money earned from Ahasania mission business, the progress for this institution is just hurting.

Armed Forces Hospital

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Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital

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Two buildings of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital,Gulshan-2

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Very good article about modern private hospitals in Dhaka. It has some nice photos as well.

http://thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/04/04/cover.htm

Apollo Hospital,Bashundhara

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IBN SINA Hospital,Dhanmondi

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Inside two corporate Hospitals in Dhaka

Hospital 1

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Hospital 2

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Photos from The Daily Star Magazine

Look great.

Are Bangladeshi hospitals made in association with Muslim countries' hospitals like Saudi, Iran or Turkish ones? For third world nation, the hospitals look quite good. But I'm sure they can hope for more contribution specially from Saudis who help poorer Muslim countries out often or Dubai.

Are Bangladeshi hospitals made in association with Muslim countries' hospitals like Saudi, Iran or Turkish ones? For third world nation, the hospitals look quite good. But I'm sure they can hope for more contribution specially from Saudis who help poorer Muslim countries out often or Dubai.

No these hospitals are not made with any financial assistance from any other country. And we do not need economic aid from anybody, rather we want to do business and want economic ties (FDI, man power export deals etc.)with saudis and UAE.

Are Bangladeshi hospitals made in association with Muslim countries' hospitals like Saudi, Iran or Turkish ones? For third world nation, the hospitals look quite good. But I'm sure they can hope for more contribution specially from Saudis who help poorer Muslim countries out often or Dubai.

I thought one could judge that Saudis or other Muslim countries would not finance Bangladesh to build a hospital with the name of the "greek god apollo",incase you didn't notice the name of the first hospital in the last post.As for the other modern hospitals..they are the result of rich Bangladeshis spending several hundred million dollars each year for medical treatment in countries like Thailand and Singapore.These hospitals have been built by Bangladeshi conglomerates(like Square,STS,United,etc) to persue the rich to get treatment at home.

And I dont know what you mean by "they look good by third world standards",cause honestly..some of the Bangladeshi hospitals look far better than most I have seen in some very advanced economies.

Are Bangladeshi hospitals made in association with Muslim countries' hospitals like Saudi, Iran or Turkish ones? For third world nation, the hospitals look quite good. But I'm sure they can hope for more contribution specially from Saudis who help poorer Muslim countries out often or Dubai.

Why would we need help from Saudis in building hospitals. Are they an expert? Their Aid contributions is negligible anyways. In case you didn't know Bangladesh's Middle class is actually larger than the entire population of many countries (including Saudi Arabia) so there is a large market for these types of hospitals. On the side note Bangladesh's Hospitals are associated with those of India's and Singapore's.

No these hospitals are not made with any financial assistance from any other country. And we do not need economic aid from anybody, rather we want to do business and want economic ties (FDI, man power export deals etc.)with saudis and UAE. what did I say?

I thought one could judge that Saudis or other Muslim countries would not finance Bangladesh to build a hospital with the name of the "greek god apollo",incase you didn't notice the name of the first hospital in the last post.As for the other modern hospitals..they are the result of rich Bangladeshis spending several hundred million dollars each year for medical treatment in countries like Thailand and Singapore.These hospitals have been built by Bangladeshi conglomerates(like Square,STS,United,etc) to persue the rich to get treatment at home. why does bangladesh name its hospital after greek god? now it's abandoning its religion? no wonder the middle easterners see bangladeshis as weaker muslims with weak faith, who clutch onto fake concepts, however true their perception may be. my argument is bangladesh shouldn't allow this nonsense to persist, does greece abandon christianity because greek gods were not christian? who the heck are bangladeshis to ape greece more than greeks themselves?

And I dont know what you mean by "they look good by third world standards",cause honestly..some of the Bangladeshi hospitals look far better than most I have seen in some very advanced economies.
unqualified comments better be left alone.

Why would we need help from Saudis in building hospitals. Are they an expert? Their Aid contributions is negligible anyways. In case you didn't know Bangladesh's Middle class is actually larger than the entire population of many countries (including Saudi Arabia) so there is a large market for these types of hospitals. On the side note Bangladesh's Hospitals are associated with those of India's and Singapore's. Are India or Singapore experts in building hospitals? hahah india with infant mortality, life expectancy, urine therapy, HIV Aids, cow dung tablets statistics tell you that india is an expert? hahaha. Singapore? so tiny it's insignificant. how can they serve your market? this tells me it's indeed small. btw Saudi market is larger than many others, dont drag bangladesh into it.

I just want to ask where did you get your middle class statistics of Bangladesh from. Any sources?

^^ Went through your previous posts. Boy ohh boy you just love to make baseless and controversial comments, don't you? And what a fool I was thinking you were genuinely interested in learning more about Bangladesh. :bash: :ohno:

^^ Went through your previous posts. Boy ohh boy you just love to make baseless and controversial comments, don't you? And what a fool I was thinking you were genuinely interested in learning more about Bangladesh. :bash: :ohno:

Hahaha,now I did too..seems like he is out here to turn threads into pages full of his crap.Better to refrain from replying to any of his posts.

Just another loser who needs to get a life :lol::lol: Actually, I feel sorry for these losers....they are unhappy with their own lives so they take it out on others...maybe he should hook up with mondechampion and that other guy...what was his name?...youdumceq or something?...they could make a loser support group to comfort each other.

I have a couple of names for this bunch -- 'trolls' and 'flamebaiters'. These aren't derogatory terms but apt descriptions of what these folks typically do.

I feel sorry for a group of misfits rubberstamping all of Bangladesh as 'second-grade Muslims' (Gayer Mussalman) just because we're not a bunch of fanatics -- sad. These guys should go back to their Imam and take a lesson on how to treat their fellow muslims and how to build an 'ummah'.

And arguing for the sake of argument is a waste of time...

I just spent a couple of hours putting up an informative (I thought) post on advanced high-rise construction techniques. Try asking these folks when they've did something like this the last time. I didn't see any of that from these guys.

^^
While many may disagree, I think these folks are just plain jealous or envious. Those words don't really describe it properly. These folks, for some reason, or perhaps no reason at all, want to see Bangladesh, a downtroddened, undeveloped basket case.

^^ HAHAHA he finally got Banned.:lol: :banana:

Apollo Hospital

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Health and Hope Hospital[rightmost building]

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BIRDEM

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National Heart Foundation Hospital

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Credit: Ershad Ahmed

This pic was taken a little while back but I don't think we had posted a pic of Birdem's new staircase with nice green glass...I wish they had used this color throughout the rest of the extension...it looks good!

Photo credit: F. Zaman.

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United Hospital,Gulshan

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I paid a visit to this person at the hospital tonight and got some Eye-candy for you guys


Square Hospital,Panthopath

The Exterior

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The Interior

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Good stuff Mirza! thanks..

Good stuff Mirza! thanks..

Looks like Mirza used the stealth 'hidden camera' technique -- which is what you have to do...

Thanks for going to the trouble brother.

What is the condition of government run hospitals these days? I have heard of the horror stories at DMCH, but Mitford, Suhrawardi hospitals, are they doing better now?

Looks like Mirza used the stealth 'hidden camera' technique -- which is what you have to do...

Thanks for going to the trouble brother.

Haha..you are welcome

I remember once being caught in Apollo Hospital and asked to stop taking shots as it was prohibited---as they say,the only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing,guess I learned something from that experience:lol:

Pvt healthcare business booms
Rapid commercialisation to take service costs out of people’s rich, say experts
Shakhawat Hossain
Private health care business is booming in the country on the back of people’s growing confidence in the services of private hospitals though they charge much higher than public hospitals.
A New Age investigation shows that treatment costs for heart related diseases are at least three times higher in the private medical hospitals than in the government hospitals.
The difference is also wide in treatment costs for major surgeries and ailments related to kidney and brain as well as cancer.
Private hospital executives acknowledge that their charges are higher but not unreasonable if their quality of services is compared with that in public hospitals. The recent growth in private sector health care services has prevented a lot of patients from going abroad and saved foreign currencies, they claim.
Official statistics show annual turnover of the country’s privately-run healthcare operators shot by seven times to Tk 2,040 crore in 2005-06 from Tk 302 crore in 1997-08. Health experts warn that huge growth in private health care systems indicates rapid commercialisation of public health, which means that quality treatment is going out of reach of the common people.
Limited facilities at the public hospitals force the people to choose private hospitals for expensive treatment of critical diseases like heart and kidney ailments, patients and their relatives say.
Shahidul Haq, a retired service holder, told New Age that he was admitted to the state-owned National Institute of Cardio-vascular Diseases after a massive heart attack in July 2007.
He was kept in a queue for one month for an open heart surgery, but no schedule was available, prompting the family to shift him to a private hospital.
The country’s lone specialized cardiac hospital in the public sector NICVD is swamped with patients from all over the country and getting schedule for an emergency heart surgery takes time due to queue of patients.
The institute performs at least 10 different heart related surgeries on an average everyday, said an insider of the hospital. Patients, who are unable to bear the treatment costs of private hospitals, have no choice but to wait for their turns to come, he said.
A survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics on the country’s private medical hospitals showed how the commercially-run hospitals, clinics and pathological laboratories mushroomed in urban centers despite soaring treatment costs in the backdrop of the limitations of the country’s outdated public hospitals.
Banking exclusively on cash-rich upper and mid-income people, these privately-run health institutions spend lavishly on infrastructures and logistics to ensure better treatment and comfort for the patients, taking health care costs beyond the reach of majority population.
Apollo Hospitals’ billing section official Ashiqur Rahman said heart related treatment costs under a nine-day package range between Tk 210,000 and Tk 230,000, excluding of VAT of 2.5 per cent.
Kidney transplantation costs Tk 650,000 while it charges between Tk 4,000 and Tk 5,000 for a single kidney dialysis. Neurology or brain related surgeries cost over Tk 50,000 while cancer related therapy costs around Tk 1,5000.
Compared to heart related treatment costs in Apollo, state-owned NICVD takes operation theatre charge of Tk 2,000 while a patient has to bear the costs of medicines and rings that would stand somewhere around Tk 70,000.
Labaid Cardiac Hospital spokesman Mejbah Azad said their average cost of heart disease treatments such as by-pass and putting rings in artery is about Tk 200,000 plus VAT.
Like Apollo and Labaid, other hospitals including United, Sidkar Medical, Mirpur Heart Foundation and Bangladesh Medical College charge more or less the same for heart surgeries.
The Labaid executive said many of these heart patients would have gone to India in the past. But nowadays 70 per cent of such patients get quality treatment at home at competitive fees.
Improvement in kidney treatment facilities in recent years have reduced foreign travels for kidney patients by 80 per cent, medical sources said. As many as 35 hospitals, both private and public, are performing more than 100 kidney transplantations every year.
Kidney Foundation Institute, a public private partnership hospital at Mirpur, charges around Tk 400,000 on an average for kidney transplantation, which is lower by 40 per cent than other private hospitals.
The daily charge for an intensive care unit bed in a public hospital ranges between Tk 1500 and Tk 2000, which goes as high as Tk 25,000 in a privately-run hospital. Though cheaper, leading public hospitals have a small number of ICU beds and people rush for ICUs at private hospitals to save critical patients. A few private clinics only offer ICU services and their men collect critical patients who are denied access to ICUs at government hospitals due to bed constraints or complicated procedures.
The BBS survey reveals 15 times increase in annual expenditures of the private health service providers in less than 10 years to 2006. Annual expenditure of these establishments have soared to Tk 12,06.5 crore in 2005-06 from only Tk 74.7 crore in 1997-98, said the study.
The huge investments led to the rapid growth of private health care institutions, which now make up 81.17 per cent of the Tk 9100 crore value added services of the health care businesses’ contribution to the country’s GDP in 2005-06.
The contribution of the government’s health care system to GDP was more than 50 per cent in early 1990s, which diminished to a paltry 18.83 per cent in the year.
Experts said the BBS survey confirms the fear that the country’s healthcare is becoming increasingly privatized, with costs spiraling out of the reach of millions of poor.
‘Continuous increase in private sector healthcare cost means that proper access to healthcare is gradually going out of majority people’s reach,’ Prof Dr. Pran Gopal Dutta, vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University said.
The number of privately run hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and pathological laboratories doubled to 4015 in three years to 2006, employing 56,184 doctors and health workers.
The number of beds in the private hospitals and clinics in 2005-06 were 29,056, which is 43.55 percent of the national total, up from 11,371 in 1997-98.
The last 10 years saw proliferation of private hospitals with global chains like Apollo and local pharmaceutical giant Square opening global standard hospitals in Dhaka. A lot more hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres were established while existing ones expanded their facilities, while facilities at the public hospitals remained almost at the same levels as they were in 1971.
While private hospitals boast their success in reducing foreign tours of patients and saving foreign currency by their cost-effective services, there remains a question of ethics about the cost of services they provide.
Health officials and physicians said poor manpower and logistics against the huge rush of patients, both poor and well-off, limit the services at public hospitals, resulting in growth of private sector health care business and subsequent increase in treatment costs.
Senior medical professionals believe increasing facilities and manpower at the government hospitals is a must to ensure improved health services to the majority population. Specialist doctors’ pay must be raised to limit their private practice and lure expatriate Bangladeshi physicians into jobs back home.
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A good news.This hospiatl will absorb so many patients to see the doctor according to the enviroment and equipment.

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tomar to abar heart attack hoi nai?? :P

Mirza, thanks for sharing the pics :) I am happy to see the development of worldclass hospitals like United and Apollo in Bangladesh. Some complain that these are way too expensive and out of reach for average Bangladeshis, but atleast they are saving the country money since the rich patients would have gone to India or Singapore for treatment anyways..

Also the investments alone are creating many jobs, specially for expatriate Bangladeshi doctors who now have a reason to go back home.

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tomar to abar heart attack hoi nai?? :P

Na,but tumi esheh beshi kotha bolleh kothay pathabo sheta dekheh ashlam:lol:

Mirza, thanks for sharing the pics :) I am happy to see the development of worldclass hospitals like United and Apollo in Bangladesh. Some complain that these are way too expensive and out of reach for average Bangladeshis, but atleast they are saving the country money since the rich patients would have gone to India or Singapore for treatment anyways..

Also the investments alone are creating many jobs, specially for expatriate Bangladeshi doctors who now have a reason to go back home.

These hospitals have earned themselves a name that sets them aside from the rest in Dhaka.Besides,from my sources,I hear that they are operating very successfully,and that they are 70% full almost all the time.If thats the case,then I dont see a reason why they would need to lower prices/charges now.Maybe in the future when more competition arrives,these hospitals will become less expensive

These hospitals have earned themselves a name that sets them aside from the rest in Dhaka.Besides,from my sources,I hear that they are operating very successfully,and that they are 70% full almost all the time.If thats the case,then I dont see a reason why they would need to lower prices/charges now.Maybe in the future when more competition arrives,these hospitals will become less expensive

I am a believer in free market economy, let the competition fix the price. Same goes for Internet service providers like Qubee.

But government needs to ensure is that the rules and regulations are fair and fosters private companies to join the market, also monopolies needs to be regulated.

Na,but tumi esheh beshi kotha bolleh kothay pathabo sheta dekheh ashlam:lol:


oooh tai naki?? ami to aro chinta korsi je tomare okhane pathano dorkar to make u remember to reply for PMs :D

oooh tai naki?? ami to aro chinta korsi je tomare okhane pathano dorkar to make u remember to reply for PMs :D

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Mirza, thanks for sharing the pics :) I am happy to see the development of worldclass hospitals like United and Apollo in Bangladesh. Some complain that these are way too expensive and out of reach for average Bangladeshis,but atleast they are saving the country money since the rich patients would have gone to India or Singapore for treatment anyways..
Don't count on it. The rich flee, and will continue to do, to "superior" facilities and treatment, for major events (e.g. coronary bypass). The swanky new hospitals in Dhaka are nothing more than a way station (and for triage) for them.

Also the investments alone are creating many jobs, specially for expatriate Bangladeshi doctors who now have a reason to go back home. They may be expatriate alright, not necessarily the better trained ones. These are mostly folks from the middle east and perhaps Malaysia. Majority of expat physicians who are in the developed world, rarely return.

I am a believer in free market economy, let the competition fix the price. Same goes for Internet service providers like Qubee.

But government needs to ensure is that the rules and regulations are fair and fosters private companies to join the market, also monopolies needs to be regulated.

Oh Mr Bond (007 :lol:), bravo for such unwavering faith in the "free market"! That being the case, how come health care in the US is in such a mess? In fact, it is none too different from Bangladesh: (better) health care is available only for those who can afford them. Should we rejoice or lament?

And how free is the (medical) free market when the total number of hospital beds and student enrollment in the country is practically controlled by a single entity that is neither a representative of the populace nor elected by it?

Don't count on it. The rich flee, and will continue to do, to "superior" facilities and treatment, for major events (e.g. coronary bypass). The swanky new hospitals in Dhaka are nothing more than a way station (and for triage) for them.

Whatever major/minor surgery it may be, it's preventing flight of capital from Bangladesh.I have quite a few close relatives who ended up going to Apollo/United for treatment, they used to go to Delhi or Singapore before. You can't expect the private hospitality sector to match Singapore or Thailand overnight.

They may be expatriate alright, not necessarily the better trained ones. These are mostly folks from the middle east and perhaps Malaysia. Majority of expat physicians who are in the developed world, rarely return.
Again, we need to realize that Bangladesh is a developing country with per capita income of around $600, it is not prudent to expect all expatriates to flock back home just because of few hospitals. Most Indian doctors who are in western countries like US don't go back home either.These hospitals are doing their own small part in a coutry that is growing fast.

Oh Mr Bond (007 :lol:), bravo for such unwavering faith in the "free market"! That being the case, how come health care in the US is in such a mess? In fact, it is none do different from Bangladesh: (better) health care is available only for those who can afford them. Should we rejoice or lament?

And how free is the (medical) free market when the total number of hospital beds and student enrollment in the country is practically controlled by a single entity that is neither a representative of the populace nor elected by it?

Healthcare in US is a regulated monopoly and competition is stiffened, as a result the cost of treatment has skyrocketed. Infact medical professionals like doctors, anesthesiologist make huge sum of money in relation to any other developed nation due to regulations of AMA. Same goes for health insurance, by tying healthcare benefits to employers it has created an artificial crisis. There are 2 affects of that, since corporations are more flexible with per insurance cost, insurance providers have historically charged higher premium, secondly loss of job relates to loss of healthcare coverage too. Infact these are not my words, prominent economist like Nobel laurete Roger Myerson form University of Chicago has talked about this.

Thus I said in my last post "But government needs to ensure is that the rules and regulations are fair and fosters private companies to join the market"

p.s I should have "007" at the end of all my posts, seems cool :)

Some things are best served by free market - healthcare is not one of those things, since profit motive and the needs of patients cannot always coexist.

Otherwise, in general, I agree with Nayeem. Of course, free market needs rules. At a fundamental level, government needs to make sure there are not monopolies or oligopolies, so that true competition exists. Also, as the recent financial crisis has shown, there also needs to be rules to punish unscrupulous individuals...if the US had more of the latter, then the current financial meltdown would not have happened.

Healthcare in US is a regulated monopoly and competition is stiffened, as a result the cost of treatment has skyrocketed. Infact medical professionals like doctors, anesthesiologist make huge sum of money in relation to any other developed nation due to regulations of AMA. Same goes for health insurance, by tying healthcare benefits to employers it has created an artificial crisis. There are 2 affects of that, since corporations are more flexible with per insurance cost, insurance providers have historically charged higher premium, secondly loss of job relates to loss of healthcare coverage too. Infact these are not my words, prominent economist like Nobel laurete Roger Myerson form University of Chicago has talked about this.

There's nothing I can disagree with here. I was merely trying to highlight the point that the effect of unbridled "free market" is the same in both countries even though they exist in the opposite end of the economic spectrum. The haves like Steve Jobs can get his whole body replaced at the snap of his fingers while the have-nots go bankrupt paying medical bills. Which is none to different in Bangladesh.

The healthcare industry isn't any officially (sanctioned) "regulated monopoly" like the public utilities. The industry behaves and functions as such because it has been allowed to do so, owing to the inordinate power (behind the scenes) of the AMA.

Thus I said in my last post "But government needs to ensure is that the rules and regulations are fair and fosters private companies to join the market" While this may be gospel for (free) market oriented industries, the healthcare industry is a different breed of animal where profit motive isn't a virtue. I believe, it functions best when combined with good policies/regulation and philanthropy.

p.s I should have "007" at the end of all my posts, seems cool :) I have no problem calling you 007 as long as I get to be M. :lol:

^^ I agree that healthcare is somewhat different than other industries, but this is a topic that cannot be resolved in few posts in online forums. I have seen top economists disagreeing on the best policy. Some say that competition will drive down cost and increase efficiency just like any other industry while others feel that a social welfare system is needed. But everyone agrees that the current employer sponsored insurance and highly regulated field of medicine (through AMA) is simply not working in US.

In Bangladesh's context, I don't see any harm in private hospitals like Apollo and United coming up with great facilities albeit at a higher cost.Philanthropists and governments can work for the majority of our population who cannot afford this luxury. But if we stifle growth of private sector healthcare the upper strata of the society will simply spend the money at hospitals in India or Singapore.

Also, public hospitals are just pathetic in Bangladesh. My dad passed away in 93 due to heartattack and I still remember how we struggled to even find a bed at Suhrawardy hospital. He spent his last days in the floor without much attention from the ever busy doctors.. since the situation was critical we couldn't just take him to Delhi or Bangkok. Atleast nowadays, there is some hope of better facilties in hospitals like United. Maybe it will cost much more, but when it comes to your close ones you can always make some ways around it (use savings or borrow from relatives). So I for one, do not complain about private hospitals and how evil they are in charing these high fees, atleast they are offering much better service.

^^ I agree that healthcare is somewhat different than other industries, but this is a topic that cannot be resolved in few posts in online forums. I have seen top economists disagreeing on the best policy. Some say that competition will drive down cost and increase efficiency just like any other industry while others feel that a social welfare system is needed. But everyone agrees that the current employer sponsored insurance and highly regulated field of medicine (through AMA) is simply not working in US.
I'm sure it is very complex but what I see is that people let their biases, emotions, and passions get the better of them when it comes to debating how to "fix" the healthcare system in US. All I have to say to those "experts", "live and learn". Why not observe/investigate the most successful healthcare systems across the globe and emulate them or come up with a hybrid of all that are most effective? I know, easier said then done.

In Bangladesh's context, I don't see any harm in private hospitals like Apollo and United coming up with great facilities albeit at a higher cost.Philanthropists and governments can work for the majority of our population who cannot afford this luxury. But if we stifle growth of private sector healthcare the upper strata of the society will simply spend the money at hospitals in India or Singapore. I don't see any harm either, because I expect some "trickle down" effect, if not in costs but in delivery and (clinical) practices in the Bangladesh healthcare industry as a whole. In order to foster/promote a certain amount of indigent care, the government could provide tax credit to these private hospitals. They ought to be doing so regardless since it is good PR.

Also, public hospitals are just pathetic in Bangladesh. My dad passed away in 93 due to heartattack and I still remember how we struggled to even find a bed at Suhrawardy hospital. He spent his last days in the floor without much attention from the ever busy doctors.. since the situation was critical we couldn't just take him to Delhi or Bangkok. Atleast nowadays, there is some hope of better facilties in hospitals like United. Maybe it will cost much more, but when it comes to your close ones you can always make some ways around it (use savings or borrow from relatives). So I for one, do not complain about private hospitals and how evil they are in charing these high fees, atleast they are offering much better service.Tell me about it! Recently one of my wife's uncle passed away in Suhrawardy. Same old story. The patient called his wife on the phone, the wife got there and had to scurry around for a wheelchair so that she could transport him to a doctor! Imagine that ... you have to go hunting for doctors inside of a hospital! I simply marvel at the complete lack of dedication, and ethics among Bangladesh doctors. It didn't use to be that way you know? But put that same doctor in Apollo or Square, and you'll see him perform.

Also, public hospitals are just pathetic in Bangladesh. My dad passed away in 93 due to heartattack and I still remember how we struggled to even find a bed at Suhrawardy hospital. He spent his last days in the floor without much attention from the ever busy doctors.. since the situation was critical we couldn't just take him to Delhi or Bangkok. Atleast nowadays, there is some hope of better facilties in hospitals like United. Maybe it will cost much more, but when it comes to your close ones you can always make some ways around it (use savings or borrow from relatives). So I for one, do not complain about private hospitals and how evil they are in charing these high fees, atleast they are offering much better service.

Very sad to hear about your father's last days. May Allah grant him Janna.

I don't think much has changed at Suhrawardy or DMCH. Animals stealing food, patients on the floor, garbage piled up and uncaring medical staff are still the norm.

My mother has chronic health problems and frequently goes to United. She likes the care she gets but it hits us in our pocketbooks because no visit is less than 30,000 taka. I'm not sure what all they do, but may be we are paying for the ambiance. Still, as you mention, I'd rather pay for her stay at United than tell her to go to any govt. run hospital.

I heard good things about BIRDEM. Is that a better facility?

Very sad to hear about your father's last days. May Allah grant him Janna.

I don't think much has changed at Suhrawardy or DMCH. Animals stealing food, patients on the floor, garbage piled up and uncaring medical staff are still the norm.

My mother has chronic health problems and frequently goes to United. She likes the care she gets but it hits us in our pocketbooks because no visit is less than 30,000 taka. I'm not sure what all they do, but may be we are paying for the ambiance. Still, as you mention, I'd rather pay for her stay at United than tell her to go to any govt. run hospital.

I heard good things about BIRDEM. Is that a better facility?

Thanks. Yes, I heard BIRDEM to be better aswell, but they are not specialized in cardiology as far as I remember.

Following is the list of Physicians at United:

http://www.uhlbd.com/Find_physicians.html

Looks like quite a few with degrees from UK..

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and yet, u forget :P

tomare mount elizabethe nite hobe :D

Thanks. Yes, I heard BIRDEM to be better aswell, but they are not specialized in cardiology as far as I remember. .......

BIRDEM is actually part of Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB) and Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute is one of its units/projetcs, just like BIRDEM.

http://www.dab-bd.org/project/ichri/ichri.php

Lab Aid Specialized Hospital and Lab Aid Cardiac Hospital,Dhanmondi

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IBN SINA,Dhanmondi

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Square Hospitals,Panthopath

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last year, I saw a golden color BMW 730iL (2003/4 model) infront of Square Hospital ;)

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last year, I saw a golden color BMW 730iL (2003/4 model) infront of Square Hospital ;)

The year before that,I saw a pearl colored Lexus LX 470 parked right in front of the hospital's entrance,lol.Thats a vehicle costing about 1.5 crore(200,000 dollars+) in Dhaka.

The year before that,I saw a pearl colored Lexus LX 470 parked right in front of the hospital's entrance,lol.Thats a vehicle costing about 1.5 crore(200,000 dollars+) in Dhaka.

Not at all the right place to post this, but if I owned a 1.5 crore taka car in Dhaka, I'd have a nervous breakdown every time a rickshaw, bus, truck, baby taxi, thela gari, goru/mohish side swiped my vehicle. May be that's why you see these luxury cars in front of the upper end medical facilities. Their owners just suffered some kind of a breakdown due to their autos being scratched.

The year before that,I saw a pearl colored Lexus LX 470 parked right in front of the hospital's entrance,lol.Thats a vehicle costing about 1.5 crore(200,000 dollars+) in Dhaka.

A fully packaged Lexus doesn't cost anywhere near that kind of money. Does it end up being so owing to the high tariff/luxury tax? In reality though, how many in Dhaka really pay the actual assessed amount? :)

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I wonder :P

A fully packaged Lexus doesn't cost anywhere near that kind of money. Does it end up being so owing to the high tariff/luxury tax? In reality though, how many in Dhaka really pay the actual assessed amount? :)

Yeah tax is really high in Bangladesh. Infact a used/reconditioned Toyota Premio(2008 model) costs 20 lacs which is USD $31,000!

Also, people do pay the actual assessed amount since that's what the showrooms sell it for. It also gives them bragging right :ohno: The same people buying the cars might not be paying any income taxes though..

The year before that,I saw a pearl colored Lexus LX 470 parked right in front of the hospital's entrance,lol.Thats a vehicle costing about 1.5 crore(200,000 dollars+) in Dhaka.

Yet, there are loadz of LX470s Ive seen in Dhaka!

Yeah tax is really high in Bangladesh. Infact a used/reconditioned Toyota Premio(2008 model) costs 20 lacs which is USD $31,000!
What's a "Premio" (equivalent model in the US)?

Also, people do pay the actual assessed amount since that's what the showrooms sell it for. It also gives them bragging right :ohno:
Unless of course they buy it from/through an MP?

The same people buying the cars might not be paying any income taxes though..
They need to maintain an equilibrium, somehow! :wink2:

People do have to pay Taxes on cars..Trust me,I know!Surprisingly,theres no escaping this tax.

Yet, there are loadz of LX470s Ive seen in Dhaka!

According to an estimate,there are over 2400 Lexus LX 470s in Dhaka each costing between 80 lakhs to 1.5 crore depending on whether its re-conditioned or brand new.

What's a "Premio" (equivalent model in the US)?


Probably Camry..

Probably Camry..

According to Wiki, Premio is meant to slot inbetween Corolla and Camry.

^^
I love the car Premio, it looks amazing upfront :)

People do have to pay Taxes on cars..Trust me,I know!Surprisingly,theres no escaping this tax.



According to an estimate,there are over 2400 Lexus LX 470s in Dhaka each costing between 80 lakhs to 1.5 crore depending on whether its re-conditioned or brand new.

and ONLY 1 Audi, even that one is an old white colored one (A4 stationwagon) used by a Ministry of Agriculture official. :lol:

According to Wiki, Premio is meant to slot inbetween Corolla and Camry.

True. Corona/Carina chassis was slotted in between Corolla and Camry.

Carina was a less expensive sporty version of the Corona.

Corona became the Premio and Carina became the Allion in Japanese domestic market in the 90's -- which is what is available in Dhaka mostly. A more luxe version of the Premio replaced the Camry in the Euro markets -- it is called the Avensis.

True. Corona/Carina chassis was slotted in between Corolla and Camry.

Carina was a less expensive sporty version of the Corona.

Corona became the Premio and Carina became the Allion in Japanese domestic market in the 90's -- which is what is available in Dhaka mostly. A more luxe version of the Premio replaced the Camry in the Euro markets -- it is called the Avensis.

I don't why Toyota does this, branding same vehicles with different names across countries/continent.

According to Wiki, Premio is meant to slot inbetween Corolla and Camry.

Yeah Camry is of course more of a luxury sedan. A brand new Camry costs BDT 4,800,000 at Navana.

Yeah Camry is of course more of a luxury sedan. A brand new Camry costs BDT 4,800,000 at Navana.
Is that nearly five crores? :nuts:

Now back to medical talk, does anyone of you know if our typical employer provided health insurance(mine is Blue Cross) will cover us if God forbid we are hospitalized in Bangladesh or any other country? I never asked HR about it but may be I should.
I wonder if the upper end medical facilities in Dhaka even accept international health insurance.

Is that nearly five crores? :nuts:

48 lakh...still ridiculous. Almost $70,000

48 lakh...still ridiculous. Almost $70,000

On top of that most people in Bangladesh still buy cars with hard cash, even though auto credits are getting popular nowadays(but those are used by middle class to buy used corollas). There was a BBC report couple of years back regarding Dhaka selling the highest number of BMWs among all the South Asian cities (this includes Mumbai, Delhi etc).

Now back to medical talk, does anyone of you know if our typical employer provided health insurance(mine is Blue Cross) will cover us if God forbid we are hospitalized in Bangladesh or any other country? I never asked HR about it but may be I should.
I wonder if the upper end medical facilities in Dhaka even accept international health insurance.

I am not sure about Bangladesh, but I know that health insurance (CIGNA) has coverage in europe. When I was getting Swiss tourist visa, they required health insurance.I called our HR to get a letter showing coverage..

There was a BBC report couple of years back regarding Dhaka selling the highest number of BMWs among all the South Asian cities (this includes Mumbai, Delhi etc).

That was before CTG's anti-corruption drive :tongue3:

I am not sure about Bangladesh, but I know that health insurance (CIGNA) has coverage in europe. When I was getting Swiss tourist visa, they required health insurance.I called our HR to get a letter showing coverage..
I'm sure you didn't have to use it, did you? If you did you would've found out they don't cover much other than "accidents".

Now back to medical talk, does anyone of you know if our typical employer provided health insurance(mine is Blue Cross) will cover us if God forbid we are hospitalized in Bangladesh or any other country? I never asked HR about it but may be I should.
I wonder if the upper end medical facilities in Dhaka even accept international health insurance.
Why not just call BCBS directly and ask?

You would be better off purchasing a "medi-vac" (emergency air lift to nearest 1st world health care facilities or back home) insurance, when traveling to countries like Bangladesh. Unless you have super rich friends and relatives in Dhaka. :)

I'm sure you didn't have to use it, did you? If you did you would've found out they don't cover much other than "accidents".

This was the exact requirement of Health Insurance for Swiss Visa, all the 3 points had to be explicitly mentioned in the letter from CIGNA. Maybe emergency refers to accident?


A letter from your insurance company and a copy of your insurance card confirming international coverage of at least USD 50,000.00 for the following items:
emergency medical expenses
emergency hospital treatment
repatriation for medical reasons
If you do not have insurance, you must purchase travelers insurance for the entire duration of your trip and provide proof of purchase + 1 copy (again stating the 3 items mentioned above with the USD 50,000.00 coverage).
http://www.eda.admin.ch/etc/medialib/downloads/edactr/usa/embwas/WASCOA.Par.0047.File.tmp/visa%20for%20tourism.pdf

This was the exact requirement of Health Insurance for Swiss Visa, all the 3 points had to be explicitly mentioned in the letter from CIGNA. Maybe emergency refers to accident?

Yes, emergence generally mean those sort of events (hit by the bus, slip and fall, car crash).

You have a bloody good coverage, brother. Yours must be one of those Cadillac plans they keep talking about it the media. Hang on to it with your dear life.:)

"Repatriation costs" being a biggie, is generally excluded from most common types of HMOs, and most BCBS master medical.

Someone told me that United Hospital is bringing comprehensive Cancer solution to Bangladesh. That is :

1st Cyclotron in Bangladesh
1st PET CT in Bangladesh
Linear Accelarator
Brachytherapy.

Can anyone confirm this. If true, OMG. Finally !!!

Someone told me that United Hospital is bringing comprehensive Cancer solution to Bangladesh. That is :

1st Cyclotron in Bangladesh
1st PET CT in Bangladesh
Linear Accelarator
Brachytherapy.

Can anyone confirm this. If true, OMG. Finally !!!

http://znznrnldudnj.blog.me/90091380649

Someone told me that United Hospital is bringing comprehensive Cancer solution to Bangladesh. That is :

1st Cyclotron in Bangladesh
1st PET CT in Bangladesh
Linear Accelarator
Brachytherapy.

Can anyone confirm this. If true, OMG. Finally !!!

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United Hospital sets up modern cancer unit

Dhaka
Monday, 20 December 2010
Author / Source : unb


DHAKA, DEC 19: United Hospital in Dhaka city has set up most modern machinery to provide world class comprehensive medical service to the cancer patients. The newly set up state-of-the-art equipments include cyclotron, PET CT, Brachy and Liner Accelerator with IGRT and Rapid Arc facilities.
The hospital authorities hoped that they will be able to launch the comprehensive medical service to the cancer patients from the beginning of the
coming year 2011, said a press release.
Over 200 guests comprising nuclear medicine specialists from Asia who attended 9th annual general meeting of the Asian Regional Cooperative Council for Nuclear Medicine and 16th national conference of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Bangladesh visited the new facilities of the hospital on Saturday evening at a function.
The guests highly appreciated initiative taken by the United Hospital to provide comprehensive service to the cancer patients.
Chairman of the United Group Hasan Mahmud Raza and managing director of the hospital Faridur Rahman Khan was present on the occasion.