CUMILLA — A 100-bed specialty hospital, Khairunnesa-Ibrahim General Hospital, opened Friday in the city’s Bishnupur Munsef Quarter area, offering diabetes patients high-quality care along with specialist treatment for all illnesses and modern diagnostic services, officials said.
Sharmeen S. Murshid, adviser to the interim government’s Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and Ministry of Social Welfare, inaugurated the facility at a ceremony Friday morning, joining the event virtually as chief guest.
“This hospital will open a new chapter in Cumilla’s health care,” Murshid said. “From now on, patients can receive advanced treatment for diabetes and any other illness at low cost right here in Cumilla, without traveling to Dhaka.”
The hospital was built by the Department of Social Services under the Ministry of Social Welfare and the Bangladesh Diabetic Association. The late A.T.M. Shamsul Haque, a Cumilla resident and former chairman of the Public Administration Reform Commission and a former secretary, donated 1.25 acres of property to the Bangladesh Diabetic Association for the facility.
Social Welfare Secretary Mohammad Abu Yousuf spoke as special guest at the inauguration.
The ceremony was chaired by National Professor A.K. Azad Khan, president of the Bangladesh Diabetic Association. Speakers included the association’s general secretary Mohammad Saif Uddin; Syed Rezwanul Kabir, chairman of the board of advisers of the National Healthcare Network (NHN); A.B.M. Mosiuzzaman, additional deputy commissioner (revenue) for Cumilla; the district’s deputy civil surgeon Reza Md. Sarowar Akbar; Professor Hajera Mahatab; Rabeya Haque, widow of the late former Public Administration Reform Commission chairman A.T.M. Shamsul Haque; and Dr. M.A. Samad, chief executive officer of the National Healthcare Network.
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