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Jamal Uddin, who is coordinating the project as a volunteer of the foundation, said the hospital in the port city’s Patenga area will have initially 100 beds, but there is scope to turn it into a 200-bed one to treat Covid-19 patients.
The hospital is expected to start its operation in the first week of July, he said on Tuesday.
Jamal said the Bidyanondo Foundation is establishing the facility in partnership with the Chattogram Metropolitan Police in a bid to lessen pressure on the already overwhelmed hospitals.
The foundation will appoint 12 doctors, 18 nurses and 50 volunteers to provide healthcare to patients, he said.
“We have already procured materials to set up at least 50 beds. Works are going on to establish the central oxygen system, which is very important to treat critical patients,” Jamal said.
As the number of infections is rising in Chattogram as
elsewhere in the country, the Bidyanondo Foundation stepped in to set up the hospital amid reports that many patients have been suffering for lack of oxygen supply, said a press release.
Bangladesh on Tuesday saw the highest-ever jump in coronavirus cases and deaths in a single day as the health authorities confirmed the detection of 3,862 new patients and record 53 deaths in a span of 24 hours.
With this, the death toll rose to 1,262 and the number of confirmed cases in the country hit 94,481.