File photo of the ICU at a hospital in Dhaka Dhaka Tribune100 new ICU beds are being set up while a process to bring necessary equipment to set up 300 more ICU beds is ongoingThe government has decided to add 400 new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds to the country’s government hospitals as a step toward tackling the coronavirus situation. "There are already 200 ICU beds in the country's government hospitals. Besides, the work on setting up 100 more such beds is underway while a process is on to bring necessary equipment to set up 300 more ICU beds," he said. He said a developed country like Italy had only around 650 ICU beds. "People will benefit immensely if we can increase our ICU beds to 600."

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 21, 2020 14:48 UTC