ICCB to Be 2,000-Bed Isolation Unit: Health Minister

The government has decided to turn the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) as 2,000-bed Isolation Unit for corona patients, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said.

The minister came up with the information while addressing an online health bulletin from his home on Thursday to give the latest information about the coronavirus situation of Bangladesh.

Earlier, Bashundhara Group’s proposal to set up the country’s largest hospital for corona patients was accepted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The premier gave the go-ahead after Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan sent a written proposal to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), expressing the desire to set up the hospital amid the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Managing Director of Bashundhara Group Sayem Sobhan Anvir formally handed over the proposal to Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmed Kaikaus at the PMO to get the approval from the premier.

Bashundhara Group proposed that a trade centre with 1,50,000 square feet and four convention centres with 90,000 square feet can be turned into hospitals as the country has been fighting to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Later, two teams of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and Bangladesh Army visited the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB), the proposed site for Bashundhara Group’s 5,000-bed hospital.