Published : 24 Oct 2018, 07:25 PM
Updated : 19 Oct 2022, 02:21 PM
“It has been possible to establish the burn institute as the people of Bangladesh cast their votes to support the Awami League during the last parliamentary election,” Hasina said on Wednesday.
In 1986, a burn unit was opened at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital with only six beds. Later, the number of beds increased to 50 in 2013.
The importance of the burn unit came into focus after the death of 127 people in a severe fire incident in Dhaka’s Nimtoli area in 2010. After the incident, more than 250 beds were added with the previous 50 beds.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the newly constructed Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Wednesday at Dhaka’s Chankharpul. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
On Apr 6, 2016, Hasina inaugurated the construction work by laying the foundation stone for the institute.
The burn and plastic surgery institute was constructed at an estimated cost of Tk 5.34 billion on 1.76 acres of land under the supervision of the Bangladesh Army.
