BIRDEM, the Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in

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Shahbag Shahbag or Shahbagh (also Shahbaugh, bn, শাহবাগ, Shāhbāg, ) is a major neighbourhood and a police precinct or ''thana'' in Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is also a major public transport hub. It is a juncti ...

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

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, is a 600-bed multidisciplinary hospital complex of the

Diabetic Association of Bangladesh Diabetic Association of Bangladesh is a non-profit organization medical organization and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Professor AK Azad Khan is the present president of the association. History The organization was established in 1956 in Eas ...

. The hospital was established in 1980 with the financial support of Bangladesh. In BIRDEM, 3,000 patients are treated in the Out Patients Department (OPD) every day. No other hospital in Bangladesh serves so many diabetes patients.

History

The Diabetic Association for Pakistan (later Bangladesh Diabetic Association) was formed under the leadership of national professor

Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad Ibrahim ( bn, মোহাম্মদ ইব্রাহিম; – 6 September 1989) was a Bangladeshi physician. He established Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDE ...

in February 1956. He offered a ground floor room of his home in Segunbagicha,

, to be used by the association, and there he began outpatient services for diabetes. While Bangladesh was still part of Pakistan, the government granted the association land in Segunbagicha for a hospital. BIRDEM hospital was inaugurated in 1980 at Shahbagh. In 2013, BIRDEM-2 hospital was started in Segunbagicha.

Awards

Independence Day Award The Independence Day Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পদক), also termed Independence Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার), Swadhinata Padak, and Swadhinata Puroskar, is the highest state award given by t ...

, 1983 * Ibne Sina Award, 2004 * Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Industry award, 2014

References

External links

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Diabetic Association of Bangladesh
Medical research institutes in Bangladesh Buildings and structures in Dhaka Hospitals established in 1980 Diabetes organizations Recipients of the Independence Day Award Endocrinology organizations Hospitals in Dhaka 1980 establishments in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-struct-stub