National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital 

National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital is renowned organization. It is also known as NICRH and apex medical care institute in Bangladesh . It is dedicated to cancer patient management, education and research. This is the only tertiary level center of the country engaged in multidisciplinary cancer patient management. It started its activity in a tin-shade building of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in 1982, soon it is shifted to the present location at Mohakhali in 1986. According to a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry of Health and the Rotary Club of Dhaka the latter built the Rotary Cancer Detection Unit (RCDU) and the Cancer Institute started working as an outdoor cancer detection unit only. In 1991, 50 bed indoor facilities incorporated. In 1994 the cancer institute renamed as National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital (NICRH) and the first radiation treatment was applied to a patient in 1995 with a Cobalt 60 Teletherapy machine. With the provision of support from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), the up-gradation works of this Institute to 300 bedded Center has been completed. In April 2015 it was upgraded to a 300-bed hospital. In 2019 the Hon'ble Health Minister Mr. Jahid Maleque M.P. consented to convert NICRH as a 500-bed hospital and the work is almost completed.

Facilities of National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital

1. ICU
2. Library
3. Central Oxygen Plat
4. Coloposcopy
5. Contouring Lab
6. Day care
7. Linac
8. Safety Cabinet
9. CT scan and MRI
10. Cancer Jiggasha
11. Colonscopy
12. CT simulation

Contact point of National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital

National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital is located in Mahakhali Area of capital Dhaka  in Bangladesh: Here given detail address of the Bangladesh cancer institute:

Address: Mohakhali, TB Gate Road Dhaka, Bangladesh

Phone: (+88)027913975, (+88)027914409