Country Presentation- Bangladesh

Dr. Fatema Sultana Haque Associate Professor

Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission

At a glance Bangladesh
Official Name: Peoples Republic of Bangladesh Capital City: Dhaka Area: 144,000 Sq. km Population: 150 Million Language: Bengali Main Contributors to GDP: Agriculture, Garments Industries, Tea, Leather, Jute Products etc.

Nuclear Medicine today

There are 15 different NM establishments under the umbrella of BAEC today.

If you look at the map you will see that we have covered almost all areas of the country.

Skilled Nuclear Medicine Personnel

Medical doctors (physicians) Physicists, radio-chemists and radio-pharmacists Engineers Medical technologists Publishing two journals per year for last 12 years Organized 2nd Annual Meeting of ARCCNM in Dhaka in February 2003
Physician Physicist Radio Pharmacist Chemist Engineers Technologist SA I SA II LA Tech 110 22 03 03 14

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Technical Officer Experimental Officer

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Manpower of INMAS, DMCH at present

Physician Physicist Radio Pharmacist Chemist Engineers SA I SA II Tech/Sr. Tech Technical Officer Administration Accounts LA Driver Sanitary Attendance 11 02 01 00 01 08 02 03 01 04 04 02 01 02

Overall activities of INMAS, DMCH

Diagnosis of different diseases Therapeutic applications of radioisotopes Quality control & Quality assurance Research & Developments Academic activities

Instrumentations currently available at CNMU, Dhaka

Thyroid uptake system Planner Gamma camera SPECT camera Conventional & Color Doppler Ultrasound BMD

RIA Lab
Therapeutic Instruments Hot Lab- Dose calibrator ETT Machine