More than 60% work is done, Corona hospital at Bashundhara to open in 2 week

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More than 60% work is done, Corona hospital at Bashundhara to open in 2 week

Peoples Time Desk

Published : Thursday, 16 April, 2020 at 9:03 PM, Update: 16.04.2020 9:18:13 PM, Count : 988

More than 60% work is done, Corona hospital at Bashundhara to open in 2 week

Work on a 2,000-bed isolation centre at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) here for coronavirus patients is going on in full swing. Largest hospitals for corona virus infected patients in the country will be opened in the next two weeks after completion of shipment of medical equipments from abroad.

Some beds were also taken to the isolation centre for installation for the Covid-19 patients. Technicians, who were working at the massive hospital tent, said they hope the hospital would be ready within the next one week.

Abdul Hamid, Additional Chief Engineer of the Department of Health Engineering at the hospital premises under construction on Thursday (April 7th), said that huge efforts were underway to build a 2,000-bed hospital at the convention center in Bashundhara. We are grateful to the Bashundhara Group for the opportunity to work here day and night. Within 5 days, more than 60 percent of the work was done at the trade center. We want to get our work done from April 20-22. Due to this, work is being carried out in parallel at night. Substation will be coming out today to ensure uninterrupted power supply. The generator will arrive in two days. Today, five hundred beds will enter the convention center. We will be able to resume medical activities within two days of convincing the Department of Health

Bashundhara Group proposed the government to set up a hospital transforming a trade centre of the business conglomerate into corona hospital.

Health Engineering Department (HED) Executive Engineer Masudul Alam detailed about the development at a press meet at International Convention City Bashundhara(ICCB) in the capital. ICCB Chief Executive Officer Jasim Uddin and HED Executive Engineer Saiful Islam were also present on the occasion.

Bashundhara Group proposed that a trade centre with 1,50,000 square feet and four convention centres with 90,000 square feet can be turned into hospitals as the country has been fighting to contain the spread of corona virus.

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