to be launched
Coronavirus: Chattogram Field Hospital to be launched today
The first dedicated field hospital in the country for coronavirus patients is scheduled to go into operation from Tuesday at Chattogram's Sitakunda.
The Chattogram Field Hospital (CHF) has been established near Fakirhat Pakkar Matha area close to the Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Disease (BITID) which conducts coronavirus testing.
Dr Bidduth Barua, Assistant Professor of American University and initiator of the hospital, told UNB that all preparations are complete and it will start treating 60 coronavirus patients from Tuesday.
“I wrote on my Facebook profile that it’s possible to establish a hospital, if one lakh people donate Tk 100 each," he said.