35pc works of CMCH Burn Unit completed

CHATTOGRAM, Mar 2: Over 35 per cent construction works of the specialized International standard and modern 150-bed specialised burn unit in Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) compound has already been completed, Brigadier General Taslimuddin Ahmed, Director of CMCH told the Daily Observer on Monday.

"Thirty-five per cent of physical works and 60 per cent of financial progress have so far been completed," CMCH Director confirmed the matter to the Daily Observer.

CMCH Director said that the 150-bed International standard "Bangladesh-China Friendship Burn Unit, Chattogram" has been constructed within the compound of CMCH at Guachi Bagan area.

China is providing financial assistance for construction of the burn unit at CMCH. A formal agreement was signed between the governments of Bangladesh and China on March 13, 2023. The project works had been delayed due to political changeover after August 5, 2024.

Work later resumed, physical construction began in June 2025. Although the original deadline is June 2026, authorities have applied for a one-year extension.

Brigadier General Taslimuddin Ahmed hoped that the construction works of the project would be completed by December next year.
Over an area of 36,000 square feet of land handed over to the Chinese team. The Chinese government is interested to construct the specialised burn unit of a six-storey building of 96,000 square feet having 16000 square feet in each floor. The unit will contain 10 ICU and 25 HDU.

The specialised burn unit will be used as a refererral hospital for five crore people of the Chattogram Division for burn and plastic surgery.

The proposed specialised unit is expected to facilitate the treatment of burn patients from nine districts of Chattogram Division, which is home to some five crore people. Currently, they largely depend on the 26-bed burn unit of the CMCH.