PM inaugurates country\\\'s largest cancer hospital

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated the newly-constructed country’s biggest 500-bed Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital in the city’s Uttara area, ushering in a new horizon for the treatment of cancer patients in the country. Hasina inaugurated the international standard hospital on a 6.5-bigha land with all modern and technological facilities for carrying out diagnosis, chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer-affected patients. Speaking at a function marking the inauguration of the hospital on its premises, the Prime Minister urged the Dhaka Ahsania Mission to dedicate the hospital to the welfare of people as it has been built with their money. She assured of continuing all-out support and assistance from the government for the development of the hospital like in the past, and hoped the hospital authorities would keep their due attention round the clock so that the common people, especially the cancer patients, could easily get treatment at an affordable cost, according to UNB.