Mohammadpur Fertility Services and Training Centre (MFSTC). Photo: Collected

 
DHAKA, March 17 , 2025 (BSS) - Mohammadpur Fertility Services and Training Centre (MFSTC), located at Aurangzeb road in the capital, has become a blessing for the poor women as they get healthcare, especially delivery services, there free of cost.

 
Patients have to spend only Taka 10 for admission in the hospital. There is no other cost for any health services, including caesarean delivery, for which patients have to spend around Taka 30,000-60,000 in an average at any hospital in Dhaka.  

The hospital has 24-hour ambulance service, pharmacy, central oxygen supply, blood bank and social welfare department. There are fully furnished 37 rooms, including eight VIP cabins, with all modern facilities and arrangements for food.

It was established as a special project in 1974 with assistance from the 'Pathfinder Fund', for the purpose of delivering integrated family planning services under one roof. This was the first centre of this nature in Bangladesh.

This is the centre where MR service was first initiated and nurtured in Bangladesh and it attained its maturity. It also has started providing Post Abortion Care (PAC) services which is in fact serving all complications of MR/ abortion. Of the clients who visit this centre each year, 80 percent are from the lower and middle income bracket which is an indication of its popularity and its good performance, quality counseling, record keeping and follow-up services provided to the clients.

Due to the great need and demand of the locality, the government upgraded this MFSTC to 100-bed Mother and Child Health Hospital. On 10 October, 2010, the hospital started providing normal delivery services and C/S (Caesarean Section) along with the existing services. The newly built hospital has 72 beds for Obstetric Department and 28 beds for Neo-nate and Children.

Fertility services have also been provided to patients who have been suffering from infertility. Initially basic treatments are given to the clients. The ultimate goal of this institute is to improve the health and nutritional status of mother and children and also to achieve family planning target in Bangladesh.

MFSTC former director Dr Muniruzzaman Siddiqui told this correspondent that they are trying to make this institution as a role model in the country by providing health services to the mothers. 

"We take all necessary steps for a pregnant woman. Our doctors have been given instructions to try their level best for normal delivery. For our dedicated services, its reputation is being spread to many places in the capital and the number of patients is increasing daily," he said.      

Important services of the hospital are birth control injection,  implant insertion/removal, intra uterine device (IUD) insertion/removal, male and female sterilization, USG guided removal of missing implant, hysteroscopy guided removal of missing IUCD, ante natal care (ANC), immunization including hepatitis-B vaccine, adolescent reproductive health care, RTI  and STI Services, VIA (visual inspection of cervix with acetic acid), breast cancer screening, management and treatment of referral cases.

A woman named Rabeya Khatun, who became mother a few days ago at the hospital said, "I am very much pleased by getting service at MFSTC. All doctors and nurses including director sir were cordial to me. By dint of their well behaviour and services, my baby saw the light of the world. I am so grateful to them."  

Dr. Maksuda Begum of the MFSTC said people of all walks of life come to this hospital as they bank on this institution. Not only poor and ultra poor women but also rich and high society women come here daily for its outstanding services free of cost. Recently, pain relief delivery system has been introduced in the hospital and 2-3 babies are delivered daily by this service, she added.