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Department:- Medicine Specialist, Child Specialist, Endocrinologist, Gynecologist, Normal Delivery Specialist, Obstetrician,
Chuadanga, on the western edge of the Khulna Division bordering West Bengal, holds a small but proud place in the country's history - Chuadanga Sadar briefly served as the provisional capital of Bangladesh during the Liberation War in 1971. Today the district is home to roughly 350,000 people in its Sadar upazila alone, and Chuadanga District Hospital (also known as Chuadanga Sadar Hospital) is, by local accounts, the main healthcare facility for around 16 lakh (1.6 million) people across the wider district.
The hospital's own story is one of repeated upgrades that never quite came with the staff to match them. It was established in 1970 as a modest 50-bed facility, and upgraded to 100 beds in 2003, again without additional manpower being sanctioned alongside it. In October 2018, the then health minister inaugurated a new six-storey building built at a cost of around Tk 30 crore, expanding the hospital's official capacity to 250 beds. Seven years on, according to an October 2025 UNB report, the building still stands mostly underused relative to its potential: the hospital continues to operate with manpower sanctioned for only 50 beds, and receives food and medicine allocations sized for just 100 beds, while, by the hospital's own Acting Resident Medical Officer's account, close to 350 patients are admitted at any given time.
The most acute problem as of late 2025 was the operation theatre. Of 50 sanctioned first-class doctor posts, 29 were vacant, including both senior and junior anaesthesia consultant posts, and the hospital had been without any anaesthesia consultant since around January 2025. That gap left the operation theatre almost entirely shut down for months, with even routine and long-scheduled surgeries repeatedly postponed. Patients described being kept waiting for a month or more, told a surgery date, and then having it pushed back with no clear timeline. A stopgap arrangement was in place by September 2025, in which an assistant surgeon from the Jibannagar Upazila Health Complex, who had completed anaesthesia training, was covering surgical procedures on deputation, but hospital staff themselves called this unsustainable rather than a fix. An earlier report from May 2024 had already flagged a related staffing gap: of 22 first-class doctor posts at the time, 13 had no doctor at all, and nine were being covered only by doctors on temporary attachment from elsewhere.
The hospital's superintendent, Bidyut Kumar Biswas, declined to comment when contacted for the October 2025 report, though a junior surgery consultant at the hospital confirmed that filling both anaesthesia consultant posts would let surgeries run properly again.
Phone: 076162445
Mobile: 01711448880
Email: chuadanga@hospi.dghs.gov.bd
Address: Chuadanga Sadar, Chuadanga District, Khulna Division-7200
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bACNYHDyRAuefLYu6
With the operation theatre reportedly running on a limited, stopgap basis, calling ahead before travelling for any planned surgery is genuinely worth doing here.
Founded: Established in 1970 as a 50-bed facility, according to an October 2025 UNB report, upgraded to 100 beds in 2003, and to a 250-bed facility with a new building inaugurated in October 2018.
Speciality: The main general hospital for Chuadanga district, serving an estimated 16 lakh people, though it continues to operate with staffing levels sanctioned for a much smaller, 50-bed facility.
Number of Beds: Officially 250 beds following the 2018 building expansion, though the hospital reportedly still receives supply allocations sized for 100 beds and is staffed for only 50, while admitting close to 350 patients at a time, according to hospital sources.
Departments: Medicine, General Surgery, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, ENT, Radiology, Dental, and Emergency Medicine, though as of late 2025, senior posts in several of these (including eye, anaesthesia, paediatrics, medicine, ENT, and radiology) were reported vacant. The operation theatre in particular had been largely non-functional since around January 2025 due to the lack of an anaesthesia consultant, so confirming surgical capacity ahead of a visit is especially important here.
Popular Treatments: General medical consultation, emergency and casualty care, maternal and childbirth services, paediatric treatment, and basic diagnostics, with elective and non-urgent surgeries reportedly subject to indefinite delay pending anaesthesia staffing, and critical patients referred elsewhere.
Doctor List
No department-wise doctor list could be found in any reliable online source. Given the hospital's reported vacancies across multiple specialist posts, and a stopgap doctor currently covering anaesthesia on deputation from another facility, confirming who is actually available by phone before travelling is especially worth doing here. Please verify.
OPD Consultation. Emergency and Casualty department. Indoor Admission (250-bed building capacity; reportedly staffed and supplied at a much lower level, with around 350 patients admitted at a given time). Operation Theatre (reported as largely non-functional since around January 2025 due to lack of an anaesthesia consultant, running on a limited stopgap basis since September 2025). Diagnostic services covering Pathology, X-ray, and Radiology. Pharmacy.
Please verify current facility and surgical-capacity status directly with the hospital, as staffing arrangements, such as the deputed assistant surgeon covering anaesthesia, may change without much public notice.
Following the general pattern for government hospitals in Bangladesh, OPD runs 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM, except on government holidays. Given the reported strain on staffing and the limited operation theatre capacity, calling ahead, especially for anything involving surgery, seems like a sensible precaution here. Please verify current hours directly with the hospital.
The hospital is located in Chuadanga Sadar, the district headquarters town near the Bangladesh-India border. It is centrally placed within the town and generally accessible from the district's other upazilas, Alamdanga, Damurhuda, and Jibannagar, within a reasonable travel time.
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The main public general hospital for all of Chuadanga district, offering affordable, government-subsidised care to around 16 lakh people. A relatively modern, six-storey, 250-bed building completed in 2018, with substantial physical capacity even if staffing hasn't yet caught up. One of relatively few district facilities where a stopgap surgical arrangement has kept at least limited operation theatre services running rather than shutting down completely. Local physicians and civil society figures have been vocal about the hospital's needs, which has kept the staffing gap in the public record and under some pressure to be addressed.
Hospital Name: Chuadanga District Hospital (Chuadanga Sadar Hospital)
Founded: 1970 (50-bed); upgraded to 100 beds in 2003; expanded to 250-bed building in October 2018
Location: Chuadanga Sadar, Chuadanga District, Khulna Division-7200
Ownership: Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Government of Bangladesh
Facility Code: 10001723
Number of Beds: 250 (building capacity); reportedly staffed for 50 and supplied for 100, with around 350 patients admitted at a time
Type: District General Hospital
Emergency Service: Reported as available, please verify current 24-hour status
Outdoor (OPD) Timing: 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM, except government holidays, please verify
Phone: 076162445
Mobile: 01711448880
Email: chuadanga@hospi.dghs.gov.bd
Answer: The hospital's building has an official capacity of 250 beds, following a new six-storey building inaugurated in October 2018, but it reportedly still operates with staffing sanctioned for only 50 beds and supplies sized for 100, while admitting around 350 patients at a time.
Answer: Only on a limited basis. It was reported as largely non-functional from around January 2025 due to the lack of an anaesthesia consultant, and reopened on a limited, stopgap basis in September 2025 when an assistant surgeon with anaesthesia training joined on deputation from another facility.
Answer: It was established in 1970 as a 50-bed facility, upgraded to 100 beds in 2003, and expanded again with a new 250-bed building inaugurated in October 2018.
Answer: As of an October 2025 report, 29 of 50 sanctioned first-class doctor posts were vacant, including both senior and junior anaesthesia consultant positions, along with 20 more vacancies across other staff grades.
Answer: Local accounts describe it as the main healthcare facility for around 16 lakh (1.6 million) people across Chuadanga district.
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