Chattogram Railway Hospital to become 100 bed general hospital
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The Railway Hospital located in the CRB area of Chattogram city is set to be brought under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and upgraded into a 100 bed general hospital.
The decision was made at a meeting between Health Minister Sardar Sakhawat Husain Bokul and Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Administrator Dr Shahadat Husain in Dhaka.
The information was disclosed in a press release sent on Wednesday night by Mohammed Idris Ali, media adviser to the CCC administrator.
According to the press release, the meeting was held at the health minister's residence on Minto Road in the capital. Discussions focused on expanding modern healthcare facilities by utilizing the existing infrastructure of Chattogram Railway Hospital, increasing its bed capacity and appointing the necessary doctors, nurses and healthcare workers.
Once the hospital comes fully under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, general people and low-income residents of the city will have easier access to government healthcare services.
The meeting also discussed establishing a hospital for industrial workers in Sitakunda, Chattogram, and setting up a trauma center along the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway to provide prompt treatment to people injured in road accidents. A plan to establish a total of six hospitals to ensure healthcare services for workers was also discussed.
On April 21, 2025, Bangladesh Railway and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare signed a memorandum of understanding to operate railway hospitals under joint management.
Under the agreement, Chattogram Railway Hospital was renamed Railway General Hospital, Chattogram. Its healthcare services were also opened to the general public alongside railway officials and employees.
In a notice issued on May 25 last year, the Ministry of Railways said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had initially appointed 19 doctors and nine nurses to the hospital.
The hospital currently provides outpatient services in various departments, including medicine, cardiology, orthopedics and gynecology.
With the latest decision, the hospital is now set to be transformed into a fully-fledged 100 bed general hospital under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
