A super-specialty heart centre is to be set up soon in the capital

Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman and Chief Cardiologist of Max Devki Devi Heart and Vascular Institute of India

A super-specialty heart centre is likely to be set up in the city within the next six months. The centre will be a super tertiary centre for the sophisticated cardiac problems, informed Dr Ashok Seth during his recent short visit in Bangladesh.
The centre will run with the support from Max Devki Devi Heart and Vascular Institute of India in collaboration with a local healthcare institute. Dr Ashok Seth, a globally renowned cardiologist of the region is the Chairman and Chief Cardiologist of the institute.
Dr Seth opined that some standard cardiac care centres have been set up in Bangladesh which are lacking from a good number of trained and skilled professional staffs. With proper support of technical know-how, these centres can provide quality cardiac care in the country which may help people seeking the healthcare in abroad.
The proposed centre will be a training and research centre which will train and scale up the local doctors as well. Max Heart and Vascular Institute in India runs similar training programmes in India where some Bangladeshi doctors get trained up. So it may help those doctors to get their professional training in the country.
Dr Seth has done some new and innovative techniques in cardiology which is first of its kind like the world's smallest heart support pumping system.