Bangladesh, Nov. 10 -- Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has announced an allocation of Tk 50 crore for the development of the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR).

The tender process for the development work will begin by December, he said during a visit to the institute in Dhaka on Monday.

During the visit, the minister inaugurated an intensive care unit (ICU), a new post-operative ward, an e-ticketing system for outdoor services, a QR code-based system and an expanded automation framework.

He said doctors at hospitals across the country were working with a renewed spirit of innovation. The government would take all necessary steps to ensure that physicians could perfor...