Dhaka Shishu Hospital

Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital is the largest children healthcare institute in Bangladesh. It is a state owned hospital of Bangladesh for children with 640 beds. Dhaka Shishu (Children) hospital, the only children hospital in the country. The Hospital was founded after liberation of Bangladesh, in March 1972. With the help of a few voluntary organizations and the Government of Bangladesh, it first started its services in a private house at Dhanmondi, Dhaka with 50 indoor beds. The out patient department (OPD) of the hospital started in a tent in the nearby area of Sukrabad, Dhaka at the same time. Consistent financial support was received initially from the “Save the Children Fund. UK” and later on from the “World Vision, Bangladesh”.

ঢাকা শিশু হাসপাতাল শিশুদের স্বাস্থ্য সেবা প্রদানের একটি পূর্ণাঙ্গ প্রতিষ্ঠান। এখানে খুবই স্বল্পমূল্যে অভিজ্ঞ চিকিৎসকদের মাধ্যমে শিশু স্বাস্থ্য সংক্রান্ত চিকিৎসা পাওয়া যায়। তাছাড়া এটি একটি বিশেষায়িত শিশু স্বাস্থ্য গবেষনা ইনস্টিটিউট। এখানে পিটিয়াট্রিক আইসিও,এনআইসিও সহ  সকল ধরনের রোগ নির্ণেয় সেবা কম মূল্যে পাওয়া যায়। বিভিন্ন ধরনে চিকিৎসা ও পরীক্ষা মূল্য এই লিংকে পাওয়া যাবে।

December 1974 National Economic Council (NEC) of Bangladesh chaired by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, approved a scheme to construct a 250-bed children hospital expandable to 650 beds. Subsequently, in March 1975, with the approval of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh, the site of the project was transferred to the present location at Sher-e-Barigla Nagar, Shyamoli, Dhaka.

Facilities of Dhaka Shishu Hospital

Following facilities is provide for children in the Dhaka Shishu Hospital

1. Health consultancy services
2. Outdoor treatment for children with very cheap fee.
3. 650 bed facilities for  Indoor treatment services
4. Paediatric Cardiac Center with Cardiac Surgery,
5. Cath-lab
6. Cardiac ICU

Contact Point of Dhaka Shishu Hospital

Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital is located in Shemoly are of Dhaka city. Here is given detail address of the Hospital:

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.

Telephone: 880-2-55059051-61

e-mail:  [email protected]