Bypass surgery at DMCH to cost Tk 40,000: Minister

Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Sunday people can now undergo bypass surgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at a cost of Tk 40,000-50,000, reports UNB.

He came up with the information while talking to reporters after inaugurating the 'Cardiac Surgery and Vascular Surgery' department at the hospital.

As per the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the full-fledged 'Cardiac Surgery and Vascular Surgery' department was launched on the 2nd floor of the DMCH new building at a cost of Tk 270 million (27 crore), the minister said. He said a patient with heart ailment has to spend Tk 400,000-500,000 to have a bypass surgery at a private hospital in the country while it costs much higher at a hospital abroad.