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Mile-Stones in the Development of Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital
Robert Mitford: A Remarkable Charity
Robert Mitford (1782-1836) was the Collector of Dacca District and the second
judge of Dacca provincial court of appeal in the period of 1816 to 1828. He made
his will in 1835. He bequeathed about Rs. 1,77,000/- for the welfare purpose of
people of Dacca. It was later conducted as the Mitford Bequest fund.
Lord Dalhousie: Decision Making for the Hospital
With the grant from Robert Mitford, Lord Dalhousie made the executive order to
build a hospital for the people of Dacca on 4 th October,1852.
Acquisition of land for Hospital and the Dutch Monastery
Land was purchased at Pakurtali near Chotto katra on the bank of Buriganga river
for building hospital. There was a Dutch monastery in that area.
Hospital Edifices:
The hospital buildings were started in 1854. It was inaugurated on 1 st May,1858.
The main building had one main block and two wings. The hospital was started
with thirty-two patients of the native hospital in a structure of 100 beds with two
medicine and two surgery wards. It was constructed by M/S Barn company.
DIRECTOR
Brigadier General Md Mazharul Islam Khan, Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital
Service
In 2018, total 7, 21,315 patients were treated from the Out Patient Departments of this hospital. On an average daily about 2500 patients took their services from outdoor departments. In that year, number of patients attended in emergency were 150365 and the number of indoor cases were 3,54,474. In 2019, the number of OPD patients was 814316. The number of patients treated in Emergency was 186879 in that year. A total of 400963 patients were treated as admitted cases in Indoor 2019. In this year (2020), outdoor patients has increased to around 3300 per day in first three months. Everyday about 200 to 300 patients took pathological support from our clinical pathology department. The patient who needs isotope scanning and radioactive iodine uptake test are sent to the Institute of Nuclear Medicine located within the hospital campus.
