Coronavirus: Where to call during emergency
Saturday, 18 April 2020
As the coronavirus outbreak intensifies in Bangladesh, the government has launched several emergency hotlines for citizens seeking guidance and forwarding concerns about the diease.
Testing for COVID-19 is being conducted in nine facilities in Dhaka, including the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), and eight centres elsewhere in the country.
Here’s a list of numbers that could come in handy in case of emergency:
DHAKA
IEDCR: 02-9898796, 10655, 01944333222, email: iedcrcovid19@gmail.com
Institute of Public Health: 02-8821361
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology: 01769-016616
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University: 01866-637482
Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital and Child Health Research Foundation: 02-48110117
9 am - 2 pm: 01880156639, 01701265193, 01755507465
2 pm - 7 pm: 01701265184, 01709958448, 01880156635
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b): 09666-771100
Institute of Developing Science and Health Initiative and Health Services (ideSHi) - 01793-163304
Dhaka National Institute of Laboratory Medicine: 02-913917
Dhaka Medical College Hospital: 02-55165088
OUTSIDE DHAKA
Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Chattogram: 02-88075042, 02-88075043
Rangpur Medical College: 0521-63388
Rajshahi Medical College: 0721-772150
Mymensingh Medical College: 01306497095, 01306497096
Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital: 01700943274
Khulna Medical College: 081-760350
Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College: 0431-2173547, 01711352119
Cox's Bazar Medical College: 01713160093, 01675233455, 01715282637, 01711860111
OTHER HOTLINES
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS): 16263
National Call Centre: 333
To report rumours or disinformation, dial: 999 or 9512264, 9514988
For burial assistance, contact joint secretaries to the health ministry on: 01712080983 and 01552204208
National helpline for violence against women and children: 109
To provide information on suspected COVID-19 patients, visit: https://corona.gov.bd/affected