United Hospital Limited
{{Short description|Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox hospital
| name = United Hospital Limited
| org/group = United Group (Bangladesh)
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| logo_size = 142px
| image = United Hospital Limited.jpg
| Coordinates = {{coord|23.8046|90.4158|display=inline,title}}
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| location = Gulshan 2, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| country =
| funding = Non-profit
| beds = 500
| opened = 24 August 2006
| former-names = Continental Hospital
| website = {{URL|http://uhlbd.com}}
}}
United Hospital Limited ({{Langx|bn|ইউনাইটেড হাসপাতাল লিমিটেড}}) is a private hospital in Gulshan-2, Dhaka, Bangladesh.{{cite news |title=United Hospital observes World Heart Day |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/united-hospital-observes-world-heart-day-1640545 |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=30 September 2018 |language=en}} Mohammad Faizur Rahman was the managing director and CEO of the hospital. Mr. Malik Talha Ismail Bari is the Managing Director & CEO of United Hospital Limited.
{{cite news |title=United Hospital gets new CEO |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/business/united-hospital-gets-new-ceo-1623628 |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=21 August 2018 |language=en}} United Hospital Limited along with Evercare Hospital Dhaka are considered high end private hospitals.{{cite news |title=Apollo Hospital running at 50pc of capacity |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-27451 |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=13 March 2008 |language=en}} The hospital is accredited by Joint Commission International.{{Cite web |title=JCI-Accredited Organizations {{!}} Joint Commission International |url=https://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/who-we-are/accredited-organizations/#sort=@aoname%20ascending&f:@aocountry=%5BBangladesh%5D |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.jointcommissioninternational.org}}
File:United Hospitals Bangladesh Toyota H200 ambulance. (31931324563).jpg
History
The hospital was conceptualized in the mid-1980s under the name Continental Hospital.{{cite web |url=http://www.uhlbd.com/page/about |title=About |website=United Hospital |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317225430/http://www.uhlbd.com/page/about |archive-date=17 March 2016}}
It sits on a {{convert|6|acre|adj=on}} site on the west shore of Gulshan Lake in Dhaka.{{cite web |url=https://www.cpkukreja.com/architecture/continental-hospital.html |title=Continental Hospital, Dhaka |website=CP Kukreja Architects}} By 1997, Indian architects C P Kukreja and Associates had produced a design consisting of two square blocks, the northern one smaller than the southern one because the site tapers to the north. The blocks are rotated roughly 45 degrees from the lake shore to afford lake views from two sides of each block. The two blocks, which nearly touch at one corner, are connected by an atrium. Each block has a basement and eight floors above ground.{{cite magazine |date=May–June 1997 |title=Continental Apollo Hospital |magazine=Architecture + Design |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=28–31 |issn=0970-2369}}
In 2004, Continental Hospital was purchased by a group of investors, led by United Group and later renamed to United Hospital Limited.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} United Group signed agreements with Malaysian healthcare provider KPJ Healthcare in late 2004 to commission and manage the hospital.{{cite news |title=KPJ Healthcare to Manage Continental Hospital in Bangladesh |work=Bernama |date=6 January 2005}} The 450 bed, {{convert|450,000|ft2}} facility opened on 24 August 2006.
On 11 January 2018, United Hospital was sued for dodging 210 million taka in taxes by the Anti-Corruption Commission.{{cite news |date=11 January 2018 |title=United Hospital sued for dodging Tk 21cr tax |language=en |work=The Daily Star |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/dhaka-united-hospital-limited-sued-dodging-tk-21cr-tax-by-anti-corruption-commission-1518325}} On 21 March 2018, United Hospital was fined for having expired medicine and reagents by a mobile court.{{cite news |date=21 March 2018 |title=United Hospital fined Tk 20 lakh for anomalies |language=en |work=The Daily Star |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/united-hospital-fined-taka-20-lakh-for-anomalies-1551430 |access-date=10 April 2019}} Former Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, who is imprisoned, has filed petition with the Bangladesh Sumpreme Court seeking treatment at United Hospital on 9 September 2018.{{cite news |date=9 September 2018 |title=Khaleda files writ on taking treatment at specialised hospital |language=en |work=The Daily Star |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/bnp-chief-khaleda-zia-files-writ-taking-better-treatment-united-hospital-in-dhaka-1631443 |access-date=10 April 2019}}
File:Inside view of United Hospital Limited.jpgThe first ever endoscopic laser assisted surgery in Bangladesh was performed at United Hospital Limited on 8 November 2015.{{cite news |title=First ever endoscopic laser assisted surgery performed in United Hospital |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/health/first-ever-endoscopic-laser-assisted-surgery-performed-united-hospital-168859 |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=8 November 2015 |language=en}} Radical Cystoprostatectomy with Orthotopic Neobladder Reconstruction Surgery was performed by Dr M A Zulkifl at United Hospital Limited on a 60-year-old patient.{{cite news |title=Rare surgery performed at United Hospital |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/health/2021/06/24/rare-surgery-performed-at-united-hospital |access-date=5 July 2021 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=5 July 2021 |language=en}} Dr Ashim Kumar Sen Gupta successfully conducted the first chronomodulated chemotherapy on an elder patient with advanced colon cancer.{{cite news |title=United Hospital conducted the first chronomodulated chemotherapy |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/health/news/united-hospital-conducted-the-first-chronomodulated-chemotherapy-2075601 |access-date=5 July 2021 |work=The Daily Star |date=11 April 2021 |language=en}} United Hospital Limited successfully carried out its first transcatheter aortic valve replacement on 25 July 2017.{{cite news |title=Transcatheter valve implant now in Bangladesh |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/health/transcatheter-aortic-valve-implant-surgery-heart-patients-now-in-bangladesh-1441174 |access-date=6 July 2021 |work=The Daily Star |date=30 July 2017 |language=en}}
