<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government will turn Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) into a modern one having 4,000 beds as the hospital is facing problems in treating growing number of patients.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It is very difficult to give healthcare services to the growing number of the patients by Dhaka Medical College Hospital. So, we have devised a plan to turn the DMCH into a beautiful, modern and bigger hospital as 4,000 patients can take treatment from the hospital at a time," she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier was addressing a function marking 78th founding anniversary of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital virtually from her office here.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We hope, we can start the work (of turning the Dhaka Medical College Hospital into a 4,000 beds Hospital) very soon," she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The science and health services are being flourished as the days to come, so Bangladesh needs to march ahead maintaining the similar pace, Sheikh Hasina said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier said the number of research on medical science is fewer in numbers, adding, "A small number of persons have been engaging in research in medical science."&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"So, you should give more focus on researches on medical science as the research to this end is very essential at the current age," she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Prime Minister said her government would give every possible support to conduct extensive research on the medical science to ensure overall development of the health sector. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>