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History of
Nuclear Medicine in Bangladesh |
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The first nuclear medicine center of the country was established
in 1962 in Dhaka Medical College.
The establishment was developed
under PAEC (Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission) & named ‘Atomic
Energy Medical Centre’.
In 1970 two more Centres were established, one in port city of
Chittagong & one in northern city of Rajshahi.At that time Centres were equipped with uptake system, probe
renography, rectilinear scanner & Ion exchange column for PBI.By
1980 Bangladesh established three more Centres in Dinajpur,
Sylhet & the prestigious Institute of Nuclear Medicine in
IPGMR,
Dhaka.
First computerized gamma camera was established in INM
(Institute of Nuclear Medicine) in 1980.
RIA (Radioimmunoassay)
& Ultrasound was first time introduced in Bangladesh by the same
Institute.
Eight new Centres were developed in the last decade of past
millennium by BAEC.
All the Nuclear Medicine are in the campus of government run
undergraduate & post graduate Medical College under Health
Ministry.
Development in the new millennium
The new millennium saw the strengthening of currently available
NM service in Bangladesh.
As ultrasound was first introduced in Bangladesh by BAEC and
Ultrasound services were simultaneously developed under the roof
of BAEC, recently all the Nuclear Medicine Centre were renamed Centre
for Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound (CNMU).
Institute of Nuclear Medicine is renamed Institute of
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Institute & Centres now provide
general ultrasound, obstetrical ultrasound, high resolution
ultrasound, intervention & Color Doppler ultrasound services.
INMU is undergoing extensive BMRE with acquisition of multiple
SPECT (including dual head), BMD, multiple Color Doppler
(including 4-D), multiple gamma well counters for RIA & in vitro
studies.
The new building site of INMU with floor area of 50,000 sq
ft is currently nearing completion.
Four old CNMU (including Chittagong & Rajshahi) are currently
undergoing modernization with increase in manpower, space &
equipment
Modernization of five other CNMUs are also under government
development plan of this budget year.
All these CNMU are going to be equipped with
multiple new SPECT cameras, gamma well counter, BMD, Color
Doppler (including 4-D).
Nuclear Medicine today
Today, nuclear medicine became an integral part of patient care,
and an important diagnostic and therapeutic specialty in the
armamentarium of medical science in the country.
We have 14 different NM
establishments under the umbrella of BAEC along with two
privately run NM departments.
If you look at the map
of the country, you will see that we cover all flanks of the
country with Centre from Dinajpur in the north to Chittagong in
south and from Sylhet in the east to Khulna in the west.
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Institute of Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Dhaka |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Dhaka |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Barisal |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Mitford |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Mymensingh
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Chittagong |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Sylhet |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Rangpur |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Dinajpur |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Rajshahi |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Khulna |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Comilla |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Bogra |
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Centre for Nuclear Medicine &
Ultrasound, Faridpur |
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Centre For Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound (CNMU),
Barisal, Post Box-43, Barisal-
8200
Website
developed by: Mizanur Rahman, AE, BAEC. e-mail:
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