BSMMU to start COVID-19 testing soon

BSMMU, the country’s lone medical university, is going to start testing COVID-19 soon at a laboratory being constructed on the first floor of Bangladesh Betar Bhaban in Shahbagh, reports BSS.

Construction work of the laboratory is progressing fast.

BSMMU vice-chancellor Kanak Kanti Barua visited the special laboratory at the Betar Bhaban and gave necessary instructions to the officials concerned, according to a press release issued on Monday.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has also set up a“fever clinic” on the first floor of Betar Bhaban and physicians are nowproviding services to people suffering from fever, cold, and cough between8.30am and 2:00pm from the clinic.

Emergency services at the outdoors of the BSMMU will remain available from8:00am to 2:30pm.

BSMMU has also launched several helplines to provide services to patients.

Patients can now call and take services from different departments likemedicine (01406426437, 01406426438), surgery (01406426439), ear, nose and throat (01406426440), gynecology (01406426442), pediatrics (01984519525, 01951820843) and disease of the chest (01406426441) between 8:30am and 2:00pm.