Ten district headquarters hospitals across Bangladesh are set to inaugurate new Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on Sunday under the Emergency Response and Pandemic Preparedness (ERPP) project. Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Shakhawat Hossain will formally open the ICU operations, with the main ceremony taking place at Narayanganj General (Victoria) Hospital at 10 a.m. The remaining nine hospitals will join the event virtually.

According to the Ministry of Health, each ICU has been equipped with pediatric ventilators and oxygen concentrators, and necessary medical staff have already been appointed. The hospitals include those in Munshiganj, Tangail, Sunamganj, Gopalganj, Chuadanga, Narayanganj, Jashore, Sherpur, Madaripur, and Bagerhat. Officials stated that the new facilities will enable both children and adults to receive advanced emergency and critical care services locally.

Health officials noted that once fully operational, these ICUs will reduce the need for patients to travel to Dhaka or other major cities for intensive care, improving access to quality treatment at the district level.