Kurmitola General Hospital

Kurmitola General Hospital
Geography
Location	Kurmitola, Dhaka-1206
Coordinates	23°49′10″N90°24′33″E / 23.81944°N 90.40929°E / 23.81944; 90.40929
Organisation
Care system	Government
History
Opened	13 May 2012;13 years ago (13 May 2012)
Links
Website	kgh.gov.bd

Kurmitola General Hospital is a government hospital located in Kurmitola, Dhaka, Bangladesh. ^[1]

History

Construction of Kurmitola General Hospital began in 2004 and was completed in 2011. It was inaugurated on 13 May 2012 by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. ^[2] The hospital began offering inpatient services from 12 November 2012 and outpatient services from 16 June 2013. It is operated and funded by the government. The hospital was established to provide healthcare services to all citizens, emergency and lifesaving treatment to victims of road accidents in nearby areas, and "job training" and practical training for intern cadets of AFMC and AFMI. ^[3] It functions as a teaching and training hospital for the Armed Forces Medical College.

Services

This is a 500-bed hospital. It provides services in various departments including Medicine, Pediatric Medicine, Neonatology, Skin and VD, Nephrology, Cardiology, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, ICU, Accident, Burn and Plastic Surgery.

References

1. "Facilities sufficient, but patients lacking". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 24 February 2014.
2. "Kurmitola General Hospital at a glance". www.bhorerkagoj.com. 7 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
3. "About KGH/History/Background – 500 Beded Kurmitola General Hospital". kgh.gov.bd. Retrieved 14 March 2020.