Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (SHNIBPS) is a hospital dedicated for burn and plastic surgery situated in

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. It is regarded as the largest burn and plastic surgical care center in the world.

History

In 1986, the first burn unit was started in the country with six beds by country's first plastic surgeon Prof. Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah in

Dhaka Medical College Hospital Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (abbreviated DMCH) is a public medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It houses medical school as well as a tertiary care hospital on one campus. The country's first eve ...

. The number of beds was increased to 50 in 2003 under supervision of Dr.

Samanta Lal Sen Samanta Lal Sen is a Bangladeshi physician and the incumbent Minister of Health and Family Welfare. Earlier, he was chief coordinator of the Burn Units across Bangladesh. Early life Sen was born on 24 November 1949 in Habiganj, East Bengal, P ...

. Later, bed number was increased to 100. In 2013, the number of beds was increased to 300. In November 2015, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the project for establishment of the institute. On April 6, 2016,

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

laid the foundation stone for the institute. She also inaugurated the hospital on October 24, 2018. It formally started functioning from July 4, 2019.

Hospital structure

The hospital building is a 18-storey structure equipped with rooftop

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and a ground parking facility for 180 vehicles. It has three blocks for three separate units - Burn unit, Plastic surgery unit and academic wing. It was built at a cost of 912 crore bdt. The facility was constructed by Bangladesh Army's engineering core.

Facilities

The institute has 500 bed, 22 ICU beds and 22 HDU facilities. It has 12 operation theatre with a postoperative unit.

Management

Prof. Dr. Abul Kalam has been appointed as the first director of the institute in March 2020. He was also the project director of this institute. Dr.

is the chief coordinator of the institute.

Role in outbreaks

Beside its regular activities, the hospital facility was used during

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outbreak in 2019 as an extension unit of

to accommodate large number of dengue patients. In 2020, this hospital was used as

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treatment center in collaboration with

References

{{reflist Hospitals in Dhaka Plastic surgery organizations 2019 establishments in Bangladesh