Some high-quality facilities have been set up in the country over the past 20 years, such as United Hospital Limited, Square Hospitals, Evercare Hospital (previously Apollo Hospitals), Lab Aid Hospital, Azgar Ali Hospital and Bangladesh Specialized Hospital. Speaking to Dhaka Tribune, business leaders and doctors said that the government should offer Indian, Thai, Japanese, Turkish, Malaysian, Singaporean, Brunei and British entrepreneurs to set up quality tertiary hospitals in the divisional cities. 70% construction of 1,000-bed super specialized hospital completeAround 70% of the construction work of the super specialized hospital on the premises of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka has been completed. The hospital would be the first super specialized, multidisciplinary tertiary hospital in the public sector, said a senior physician of BSMMU. Govt should look to international donorsAccording to former senior public servants and public health experts, the government should speak to international donors for soft loans in order to set up high quality tertiary hospitals in all major divisions of the country.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 11, 2021 15:22 UTC