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Gonoshasthaya Kendra () is the first health center or hospital in independent
Gonoshasthaya Kendra
accessdate: November 6, 2018 In 1992, the hospital was also awarded the
The commander of Sector 2 also known as K-Force Major General Khaled Mosharraf was operating in this area. He named it as ''Bangladesh Field Hospital''. At first it was only 480-bed hospital to treat wounded freedom fighters.
In the newly independent country Bangladesh, the government had objected to its name Bangladesh Field Hospital.
Zafrullah cleared of contempt charge
accessdate: November 6, 2018
10 injured in clash outside Gonoshasthaya Kendra
accessdate: November 6, 2018
Bangladesh
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. The organization earned highest national award of Bangladesh Government
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The Independence Day Award, 1977.Gonoshasthaya Kendra in BanglapediGonoshasthaya Kendra
accessdate: November 6, 2018 In 1992, the hospital was also awarded the
Right Livelihood Award
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for its "outstanding record of promotion of health and human development."
History
The hospital was set up as '' Bangladesh Field Hospital'' in1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
during Bangladesh Pakistan war in Tripura
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, India
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. Zafrullah Chowdhury is known as the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra. Zafrullah Chowdhury and MA Mobin was the only cardiac surgeon on this hospital.
Formation
The commander of Sector 2 also known as K-Force Major General Khaled Mosharraf was operating in this area. He named it as ''Bangladesh Field Hospital''. At first it was only 480-bed hospital to treat wounded freedom fighters.
In the newly independent country Bangladesh, the government had objected to its name Bangladesh Field Hospital. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ...
proposed to change the name and its structure for allowance. Then the Gonoshasthaya Kendra name came up and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman suggested Zafrullah, "Ganasasthtya Kendra will not only provide treatment, but it will also have to work on health, agriculture and education."
Zohra Begum, MA Rab, a joint secretary, and Lutfor Rahman donated five acres of land to the Gonoshasthaya Kendra from their family properties in Savar to build the hospital, while Sheikh Mujibur Rahman arranged a further 23 acres of land. Thus the hospital Gonoshasthaya Kendra began its journey in 1972.
The hospital currently in 2018 employs 2,500 people, 40 percent of whom are women.
Effect in war
This hospital was built to treat wounded freedom fighters in war with least capabilities. Zafrullah Chowdhury along with Dr MA Mobin began treating wounded freedom fighters.The Daily StarZafrullah cleared of contempt charge
accessdate: November 6, 2018
Controversy
On November 5, 2018 A clash broke out outside Gonoshasthaya Kendra in Savar.Dhaka Tribune10 injured in clash outside Gonoshasthaya Kendra
accessdate: November 6, 2018
References
External links
* Official Website of Gonoshasthaya Kendra* Website of Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital* Gonoshasthaya Dialysis Center* Gonoshasthaya Verified Facebook Page* Gonoshasthaya Dialysis Center Facebook Page {{coord missing, Bangladesh Recipients of the Independence Day Award Hospitals in Bangladesh Hospitals established in 1972