Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has said the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) will be upgraded to a 1000-bed hospital soon.
"Under the current government, NICRH was upgraded to a 300-bed hospital and then to 500-bed hospital. It will be transformed into a 1000-bed hospital soon," he said.
The minister was addressing a ceremony marking the inauguration of a new building of NICRH and its upgradation to a 500-bed one in Dhaka on Saturday, reports UNB.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurates a new building of NICRH in Dhaka on Saturday, December 28, 2019 | PID
Stating that about 65% of the total deaths are caused due to non-communicable diseases, including cancer, in the country, he said the government will establish eight more cancer hospitals in as many divisions.
President of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) Dr Mustafa Jalal Mohiuddin, President of Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad Dr Iqbal Arsenal, among others, spoke at the program with NICRH Director Dr Md Moarraf Hossen in the chair.
