Staff Correspondent:

The outdoor department of Bangladesh Medical University (BMU), formerly known as BSMMU, provided medical care to over 2,000 patients during the Eid vacation from 29 March to 2 April.

Apart from its indoor units and emergency department, the BMU doctors, following the direction of its Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam, provided medical care each day from 10am to 1pm at the outdoor department, a BMU press release said.

The VC himself, along with the pro-VC (administration) Prof Dr Md Abul Kalam Azad, Director (hospital) Brigadier General Abu Noman Mohammad Mosleh Uddin, Chairman of the Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Prof Dr Md Anwarul Karim, Associate Professor Dr Syed Saimul Haque of the Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Additional Director (hospital) Dr Hasnar Ahsan Sumon visited the hospital, almost daily during the vacation and enquired about the health care facility.

Meanwhile, an Eid reunion will be held at the BMU on April 5 from 8 am to 10.30 am at Shaheed Dr Milon Hall on Block-B of the hospital.