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{{short description|Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh}}
{{Infobox hospital
| name = BIRDEM
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| image = BIRDEM Bangladesh.jpg
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| alt = BIRDEM Bangladesh
| caption = BIRDEM Bangladesh
| coordinates = {{coord|23|44.3|N|90|23.78|E|type:landmark_region:BD|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Shahbag]]
| region = [[Dhaka]]
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| country = Bangladesh
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| patron = [[Muhammad Ibrahim]]
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| publictransit = for BIRDEM Shahbagh: {{rint|dhaka|6}} [[Shahbag metro station|Shahbagh]],

for BIRDEM Segunbagicha: {{rint|dhaka|6}} [[Bangladesh Secretariat metro station|Bangladesh Secretariat]]
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| opened = {{start date|1980}}
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| website = {{URL|https://birdembd.org/}}
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'''BIRDEM''', the '''Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in [[Diabetes]], [[Endocrine]] and [[Metabolism|Metabolic]] Disorders''' at [[Shahbag]], [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]], is a 650-bed multidisciplinary hospital complex of the [[Diabetic Association of Bangladesh]]. The hospital was established in 1980 with the financial support of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=BIRDEM |title=BIRDEM |website=Banglapedia |access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> In BIRDEM, 3,000 patients are treated in the Out Patients Department (OPD) every day.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} No other hospital in Bangladesh serves so many diabetes patients.

==History==
The Diabetic Association for Pakistan (later Bangladesh Diabetic Association) was formed under the leadership of national professor [[Muhammad Ibrahim]] in February 1956. He offered a ground floor room of his home in Segunbagicha, [[Dhaka]], to be used by the association, and there he began outpatient services for diabetes. While Bangladesh was still [[East Pakistan|part of Pakistan]], the government granted the association land in Segunbagicha for a hospital. BIRDEM hospital was inaugurated in 1980 at Shahbagh. In 2013, BIRDEM-2 hospital was started in [[Segunbagicha]].<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:বিশ্বের সবচেয়ে বড় হাসপাতাল |trans-title=The largest hospital in the world |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/article/1343446/ |work=Prothom Alo |date=14 October 2017 |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014233619/http://www.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/article/1343446/ |archive-date=14 October 2017}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Independence Day Award]], 1983
* [[Ibn Sina Medical College|Ibne Sina Award]], 2004
* Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Industry award, 2014{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|BIRDEM}}
* {{official website|https://birdembd.org/}}
* [https://www.dab-bd.org/ Diabetic Association of Bangladesh]

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[[Category:Medical research institutes in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Dhaka]]
[[Category:Hospitals established in 1980]]
[[Category:Diabetes organizations]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Award]]
[[Category:Endocrinology organizations]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Dhaka]]
[[Category:1980 establishments in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Medical University affiliates]]


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