National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital

Updated on Dec 24, 2024

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Phone +880 2-8811910		Founded 1955
Address TB Gate Rd, Dhaka, Bangladesh Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit

National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) is a state supported research institute and hospital in Bangladesh. It was established in 1955 as TB Hospital. In 1962 it was upgraded as National Chest Diseases Institute.

Courses

The institute provides postgraduate training for the students of Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Ciseases (DTCD), Doctor of Medicine (MD, Chest), FCPS, MS, and also undergraduate teaching in tuberculosis for the students of different medical colleges.

Objectives

To provide diagnosis and treatment facilities for tuberculosis and chest diseases.

To conduct postgraduate courses and training facilities for DTCD, MD (Chest), MS (Thoracic Surgery), FCPS (Pulmonary), FCPS (Thoracic Surgery).

To provide specialized training facilities for the chest specialists, nurses, medical technologists and field workers.

To conduct research activities in the field of chest diseases.

To provide surgical treatment of chest diseases.

To provide and co-ordinate management of the avian influenza, pandemic H1N1.

Departments

The departments of the institute:

Department of Respiratory Medicine

Department of Thoracic Surgery

Department of Radiology & Imaging

Department of Pathology & Microbiology

Department of Biochemistry

Department of Transfusion Medicine

Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (NTRL)

References

National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital Wikipedia

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