This was stated at a press briefing at the CMCH conference room following a workshop that ended here yesterday.

Chittagong unit of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) organised the workshop in collaboration with World Health Organisation to make recommendation for developing the facilities required for establishing the ICCS.

The speakers regretted that the coronary angiogram machine, procured at Tk 5 crore some six months back, remained yet to be operational due to lack of only two technicians.

Renowned cardiologist Prof Nabi Alam Khan, Dr Suman Nazmul Hossain of National Institute for Cardio-Vascular Diseases (NICVD) BMA, Chittagong President Dr Golam Martuza Harun, General Secretary Dr Khurshid Jamil Chowdhury, Dr ImranC Bin Yunus and Dr Tamij Uddin Ahmad were present at the press briefing.

The workshop recommended for recruiting two technicians to put the newly installed coronary angiogram machine at the hospital into operation.

It also suggested that some 14 personnel including one associate professor, two assistant professor, twoassistant registrars, two perfusion technicians and four trained up nurses are enough to start cardiac surgery at the hospital.