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Establishment of a 50-Seat Medical College and Nursing Institute and up-gradation and modernization of Existing Railway Hospital into 250 beds at Kamalapur in Dhaka
Project Information
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Project Name:
Establishment of a 50-Seat Medical College and Nursing Institute and up-gradation and modernization of Existing Railway Hospital into 250 beds at Kamalapur in Dhaka
Sector:
Health
Department/Ministry:
Ministry of Railway
Implementing Agency:
Bangladesh Railway
Location:
Kamalapur in Dhaka
Estimated Capital Cost:
< $6m
$6-30m
$30-80m
$80-200m
$200-500m
> $500m
Approval:
Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs approved the project on 14 August 2013.
Background:
Bangladesh Railway has decided to expand its social services in some other areas by utilizing its core asset including hues land base and other infrastructure. For the medical care of the BR’s employees, it has some hospitals at different places. Kamlapur Railway Hospital is one of them.

Bangladesh Railway has decided to upgrade and modernize the existing hospital at Kamlapur to a 250 bed hospital and establish a 50 seat medical college and nursing institute in the unused land near the Kamlapur station within the existing hospital complex on a PPP model. The project would enable Bangladesh Railway to enter into a partnership with a private sector partner who would be involved in upgrading and enhancing the health service facilities, while delivering better quality health services at affordable rates to BR employees, while earning commercial return from offering services to the general people.

The proposed project has been provided in-principal approval by the Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 14 August 2013. The proposed hospital is expected to cater the health service requirements for both the BR’s employees as well as general people and will cater the need for quality medical education in the country.
Objective:
The objectives of this project are:
• To provide medical services to common people as well as Bangladesh Railway’s employees.
• To increase revenue earning potential of Bangladesh Railway.
• To ensure more efficient utilization of Bangladesh Railway assets.
Project Scope:
Redevelopment of existing hospital facilities and development of a new medical college and nursing institute
Indicative Timing:
Development Period: 2013 - 2015
Procurement Period: 2015 - 2019
Transaction Advisor:
Feedback Infra Private Limited
Status:
The project is in Development phase.
Note:
IFB issued on 16 May 2022
Contact:

Mohammad Abdul Awal
Director (Investment Promotion)
E-mail: dirip@pppo.gov.bd
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Phone: +88 02 55007421
Fax: +88 02 55007422
(Last updated 20 February 2024; subject to further revision.)
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