Square Hospital is a private hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of three high-end private
hospital in Bangladesh, the other being
Apollo Hospital Dhaka
Evercare Hospital Dhaka is a JCI accredited 425-bed multidisciplinary super specialty tertiary care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh and part of Evercare Group. It was previously called Apollo Hospital Dhaka.
History
The hospital is located in Ba ...
and
United Hospital, Dhaka
United Hospital Limited () is a private hospital in Gulshan Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mohammad Faizur Rahman is the Managing Director and CEO of the hospital. United Hospital Limited along with Evercare Hospital Dhaka and Square Hospital are con ...
.
Tapan Chowdhury is the managing director of the hospital.
History
Square Hospital was founded on 16 December 2006 by
Samson H. Chowdhury
Samson H. Chowdhury ( bn, স্যামসন এইচ চৌধুরী; 25 September 1925 – 5 January 2012) was a Bangladeshi business magnate. He was the chairman of Square Pharmaceuticals.
Personal life
Samson H. Chowdhury was born o ...
of
Square Group
Square Group () is a Bangladeshi diversified conglomerate based in Dhaka. Samuel S Chowdhury is the chairman and Tapan Chowdhury is managing director of Square Group. Square Group has 60 thousand employees.
History
Square Group was founded in ...
. It was 300 (Now 400) bed hospital. It was founded in partnership with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis, Care IVF Centre of Singapore, and Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore. It is also partnered with
Raffles Hospital
Raffles Hospital (abbreviation: RH)( Chinese: 莱佛士医院 : Lái fú shì yīyuàn) is a tertiary care private hospital of the Raffles Medical Group, a private healthcare provider in Singapore.
History
On September 12, 1997, two companies, Ra ...
.
In 2008, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received medical treatment at Square Hospital while she was detained by the Caretaker Government. On 11 January 2012, the hospital was fined by the
Department of Environment
An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment, ...
over noise pollution from its generators.
References
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Hospitals in Dhaka
2006 establishments in Bangladesh
Private hospitals in Bangladesh
Hospitals established in 2006