Nat'l Cardiovascular Institute resumes surgery after a 14-day closure

Bangladesh

TBS Report
02 May, 2023, 08:45 pm
Last modified: 02 May, 2023, 08:51 pm
Out-of-service air conditioner of the ICU causes the health service disruption
File photo of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases. Picture: Collected

After a 14-day closure including five days' Eid vacation, the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) resumed cardiac surgery on Tuesday.

"Cardiac surgery was not performed for these five days from 19-23 April, due to the Eid holidays," said Prof Dr Mir Jamal Uddin, director of the National Heart Institute and Hospital, in a press release issued on Tuesday.

However, after the Eid holidays, the hospital authority was forced to keep the surgery stop for a few more days due to the out-of-service air conditioner of the intensive care unit (ICU), it added.

After the completion of AC repair and disinfection of the ICU, the cardiac surgery resumed on Tuesday and a total of three patients have undergone surgery on the day, according to the release.

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