News Desk :
A 1,000-bed field hospital to treat patients infected with coronavirus has been inaugurated at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
Health Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurated the university’s ‘Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Covid Field Hospital’ at 12:00 on Saturday.
Vice-Chancellor of BSMMU and Director of the hospital Prof. Dr. Md. Sharfuddin Ahmed said that the patient will be admitted to the hospital today. We started the hospital with 357 beds on the first day. Each bed has an ICU. It will soon be a 1000-bed hospital.
Senior Secretary of the Health Department Lokman Hossain and senior officials of the university and deans of various faculties were present, among others, at the ceremony.
