250-bed cancer hospital to be built in city

11 April 2010, 18:00 PM

Unb, Dhaka

Bangladesh Cancer Society will set up a 250-bed modern cancer hospital in the city, aiming to provide free treatment to 40 percent of its patients. The 15-storied hospital would be built at a cost of Tk 250 crore and the hospital complex will comprise a dormitory, a diagnostic centre and an academic building, a delegation of the Cancer Society said during a meeting with President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban in the city yesterday. Cancer Society president Prof Dr Mollah Obaidullah Baki led the 10-member delegation. The delegation members requested President Zillur Rahman to lay the foundation stone of the proposed cancer hospital at his earliest convenience. They mentioned that there are some 12 lakh cancer patients in the country at present. The delegation also emphasised the need to raise awareness about cancer as 50 percent of the diseases can be prevented through awareness. Cancer can be cured if it is detected at the early stage, they said. President Zillur Rahman assured them of extending his all-out support for the construction of the cancer hospital. He urged them to provide necessary treatment to the common people of the country at a minimum cost.