The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has inaugurated Executive Health Checkup Corner at Super Specialized Hospital with 15 packages.
Vice Chancellor of BSMMU Professor Dr Mohammad Sharfuddin Ahmed on Sunday inaugurated the Executive Health Checkup Corner on the second floor of the specialized hospital as the chief guest.
Professor Sharfuddin said, "Testing facilities for poor patients will continue as before. However, patients no longer need to go abroad for medical checkup. They can take all kinds of services with the package of executive health check-ups as per their requirement at newly opened health corner."
With the launch of this health check-up corner, patients can get all necessary tests and consultation services without any inconvenience, he added.
He said, "Every year four billion dollars are spent abroad for medical treatment. If the super-specialized hospital is fully operational, the tendency to go abroad will be reduced, and billions of dollars in foreign exchange will be saved."
Vice-chancellor (Administration) of BSMMU Professor Dr Chhowaif Uddin Ahmed, dean of the Nursing Faculty Professor Dr Debabrata Bonik, Proctor Associate Professor Dr Mohammad Habibur Rahman Dulal, chairman of the Medicine Department Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad and director of the Specialized Hospital Brigadier General Dr Mohammad Abdullah Al Harun, among others, were present at the function.
The range of prices for 15 packages is between Tk 4,100 and Tk13,500.
These 15 packages include - Silver Executive Health Checkup Package One, Golden Executive Health Checkup Package Two, Platinum Executive Health Checkup Package Three, Executive Health Checkup Package Four (for males aged forty and above), Executive Health Checkup Package Five (for females aged forty and above), Cardiology Executive Health Checkup Package Six.
Orthopedic Executive Health Checkup Package Seven, Liver Executive Health Checkup Package Eight, Women Wellness Executive Health Checkup Package Nine, Breast Cancer Executive Health Checkup Package Ten, Diabetic Screening Female Basic Package Eleven, Diabetic Screening Male Basic Package Twelve, Screening for Smoker Lung Disease Package Thirteen, Child Screening Package Fourteen, and Diet and Nutrition Counseling Package Fifteen are also included in the 15 package.
