National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Bangladesh is a government medical college and cardiac hospital in Bangladesh to provide all type of health care services to cardiac patients. It is located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagor Thana, Dhaka. It covers primary to tertiary health care.[1][2][3]
 National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bangladesh | |
| Formation | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
| Website | nicvd |
History
editNational Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases was established in 1978 to ensure complete cardiac care to patients as well as training for physicians, nurses and technicians involved with delivery of cardiac care to meet the increasing demand. In July 1988 the institute introduced Post Graduate medical courses.[4]
On January 28, 2024, in Bangladesh, the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases successfully performed the country’s first remote robotic stent placement surgery. The surgery was led by Dr Pradip Kumar Karmakar.[5]
Criticism
editIn October 2016, a private contractor was prevented by the staff from installing Oxygen tubes in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the hospital after the contractor refused to bribe them.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Relief for critical heart patients". The Daily Star. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "NICVD docs successfully control drug-resistant hypertension". The Daily Star. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Eliminating inequities, myths in cardiac care". The Daily Star. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ Administrator. "Welcome to NICVD". nicvd.gov.bd. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "NICVD performs country's first-ever remote robotic stent surgery". The Business Standard. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Putting newborn lives at risk". The Daily Star. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
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