PM opens bone marrow transplant centre at Dhaka CMH

A Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Centre, the second of its kind in the country, started its journey Tuesday along with other health facilities at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at Dhaka Cantonment, reports BSS.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the BMT Centre and a Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit, a Critical Care Centre and a Casualty and Emergency Unit at the CMH by unveiling their plaques Tuesday afternoon.

Besides, Sheikh Hasina, who is also in-charge of the Ministry of Defence, opened the Army Multipurpose Complex and the Army Headquarters Conference and auditorium Complex. In Bangladesh, the incidence of blood cancer and blood-related disorders is increasing day by day. In the last five years, the Dhaka CMH treated 423 patients of haematological malignancy.

But out of these, they could cure a few cases. The CMH could have provided treatment to 94 potential patients had a bone marrow transplant centre been there, sources at the CMH said.