Founder chair visits JBFH

The founder chairman of Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital (JBFH), Dr Sigeru Suganami, visited the hospital in the capital yesterday.
Renowned physicians of the country, staff of JBFH, and reputed pharmaceutical company representatives received him on the hospital premises in Dhanmondi.
Incumbent JBFH Chairman Prof Jonaid Shafiq and Managing Director Prof Sarder A Nayeem handed over a crest to Dr Suganami. It was these three Bangladeshi and Japanese physicians with whom JBFH came into existence, says a press release.
In 1987, Dr Sarder A Nayeem went to Japan to attend Tokyo University. It was when he dreamt of JBFH. He shared his dream with Dr Jonaid Shafiq, a young Bangladeshi physician, also living in Tokyo, but they needed someone to bring their dream to reality. It was Dr Suganami who stepped forward.
The presently 100-bed JBFH was inaugurated in 1993.
During his reception, Dr Suganami lauded JBFH as it is serving not only people in Dhaka but also people outside it.