New hospital in Barisal city

First phase of Holling Bery Syed Moazzem Red Crescent Hospital will be inaugurated in Barisal city today.Photo: STAR

The first phase of 100-bed six-storied 'Holling Bery Syed Moazzem Red Crescent Hospital' will be inaugurated in the city today.
The hospital will have all the latest medical facilities.
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson is expected to inaugurate the hospital constructed at the cost of Tk 5.5 core.
The facilities at the hospital include specialised operation theatre, special unit for maternity and child care, incubator centre and blood transfusion services, said Syed Moazzem Hossain, donor of the hospital and director of Pubali Bank.
The hospital is built on 12 decimals of land and named after its donors Holling Bery and Syed Moazzem Hossain.
An organogram with 90 officials and staffs was earlier finalised for the first phase construction of which started on March 1, 2011.
The remaining work of the project, including two stories and 50 beds, would be completed soon, said Moazzem.
The hospital would be a milestone for the low income group in the northern part of the city as it is the only major health and medical service provider there, said Iqbal Hossain Forkan, chairman of the hospital managing committee and acting president of Red Crescent Barisal unit.
Lawmaker Muhammad Sirajul Akbar and mayors of Khulna and Barisal city corporations are expected to attend the inaugural ceremony, Forkan said.