Dhaka, May 24, 2021(BSS)-Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen today said the government has planned to set up a 10,000 liter oxygen plant at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital to ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply.
“We have taken a plan to set up 10,000 liter oxygen plant as well as upgrade the hospital to 2000 from 900 beds to tackle the challenge of Corona situation,” he said.
The decisions were taken at the 6th meeting of the management committee of Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital with Momen in the chair, said a press release.
The meeting also decided to encourage the use of government ambulances in the hospital.
It was informed at the meeting that the construction of a 1200-bed hospital at Sylhet University is in progress.
Selina Momen, wife of the foreign minister and a member of the management committee of the medical college hospital, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, mayor of Sylhet City Corporation, Sylhet divisional commissioner, police commissioner, director of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital and member secretary of the management committee were also present.