SANGSAD BHABAN, Feb 13, 2024 (BSS) - Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen today said the government has a plan to establish five burn hospitals in the country as around seven lakh people each year suffer from burn related complications. Under the plan, Samanta Lal said the government will set up four 100-bed burn hospitals in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal and Rangpur and one 150-bed hospital in Chattogram. Sen said there is no scope to extend more bed at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Since the first twenty-four hours is golden hours for the burn patient that's why the burn hospitals need to be enhanced, the minister explained. Replying to another supplementary question from another treasury bench lawmaker Elias Uddin Mollah of Dhaka-16, the health minister said the government will consider the set up of another 200-bed hospital at Mirpur section-12.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 13, 2024 13:11 UTC