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Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Tuesday said an initiative has been taken to expand dialysis services in government hospitals across the country, with a plan to introduce dialysis services in 59 hospitals by 2027. He said this while replying to a written question placed in Parliament by treasury bench member S.M. Jahangir Hossain elected from Dhaka-18 constituency. The minister said a project titled “Upgradation of existing kidney dialysis centres to 50-bed capacity in medical college hospitals and establishment of 10-bed kidney dialysis centres in district Sadar hospitals (1st revised)” is currently under implementation under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Under the project, infrastructure development, supply and procurement of medical equipment are currently underway in 15 medical college hospitals and 44 district Sadar hospitals across the country. He said that once the project is completed by December 2027, kidney treatment would be more accessible and affordable to the patients at divisional and district level.

Patients of kidney related diseases are receiving dialysis services from this morning at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), as the service provider withdrew its previous decision to suspend operations at the hospital. Brigadier General Shamim Ahsan, Director of CMCH, said that last night, the Sandor authorities withdrew their decision to suspend providing dialysis services, and as a result, kidney patients are receiving treatment. Sandor Medicaids Private Limited Manager Nazmul Hasan said that a meeting was held with the authorities on Wednesday night and following their assurance, they decided to withdraw their previous decision to suspend the dialysis services. Mostakim arrested for protest over dialysis fee hike at CMCH gets bail Authorities of Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) suspended dialysis services for kidney patients at the hospital from this morning. Dialysis fee hike at CMCH: Police sue protesting kidney patients, arrest one Dialysis service provider, Sandor Dialysis Services Bangladesh Pvt Ltd, told the CMCH authorities that they will not be able to provide dialysis services. Soon after the news spread, hundreds of kidney patients and their relatives expressed anger and frustration. CMCH installing 10 more dialysis machines amid protest against fee hike