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, is a 650-bed multidisciplinary hospital complex of the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh. The hospital was established in 1980 with the financial support of Bangladesh. In BIRDEM, 3,000 patients are treated in the Out Patients Department (OPD) every day. No other hospital in Bangladesh serves so many diabetes patients.

History

The Diabetic Association for Pakistan (later Bangladesh Diabetic Association) was formed under the leadership of national professor Muhammad Ibrahim in February 1956. He offered a ground floor room of his home in Segunbagicha,

, to be used by the association, and there he began outpatient services for diabetes. While Bangladesh was still part of Pakistan, the government granted the association land in Segunbagicha for a hospital. BIRDEM hospital was inaugurated in 1980 at Shahbagh. In 2013, BIRDEM-2 hospital was started in Segunbagicha.

Awards

* Independence Day Award, 1983 * Ibne Sina Award, 2004 * Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Industry award, 2014

References

External links

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Diabetic Association of Bangladesh
Medical research institutes in Bangladesh Buildings and structures in Dhaka Hospitals established in 1980 Diabetes organizations Recipients of the Independence Award Endocrinology organizations Hospitals in Dhaka 1980 establishments in Bangladesh Bangladesh Medical University affiliates {{Bangladesh-struct-stub