Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Age 6-59 Months at Dhaka Sishu Hospital, (DSH)

Abstract

The Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital is Bangladesh's largest children's hospital. With 640 beds, it is a government-supported tertiary level public hospital for children. Dhaka Shishu (Children) hospital, the country's first children's hospital, was founded just months after Bangladesh was liberated in March 1972. It began its services at a private house in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, with 50 indoor beds, with the aid of a few voluntary groups and the Government of Bangladesh. At the same time, the hospital's outpatient department (OPD) resumed operations in a tent in Sukrabad, Dhaka. Initially, the "Save the Children Fund, UK" and later, "World Vision, Bangladesh" provided consistent financial support.