Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases is a public medical postgraduate institute and hospital situated at Faujdarhat in Chittagong. It was established in 2013 with an attached 20-bed Infectious Disease Hospital.
History Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases was established in 2013 to research and treat tropical diseases in Bangladesh. The institute was a 20 bed hospital until Dr Md Abu Tayab, the institute's first director transformed into a 120 bed hospital, and formed the country's first Bio Safety Lab (Level 3) which was put into use during the Covid-19, helping counter the pandemic in Chattogram.
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