Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of the hospital at BSMMU on September 13, 2018. A nine-storey hospital building has been constructed and medical equipment has been procured.

The 750-bed hospital was funded by low-interest loans from the Economic and Development Corporation Fund (EDCF) Korea. The total cost was Tk1,100 crore.

The loans are to be repaid in 40 years, the grace period being 15 years. 

The structure of the hospital has been constructed by Hyundai Development Company and the medical equipment supplied by Samsung C&T Corporation. The hospital was designed and its construction was supervised by Sunjin Engineering and Architects.

The hospital will include five specialized centres: a Cardio and Cerebrovascular Centre, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Centre, Mother and Child Health Care Centre, Kidney Disease Centre, and Accident and Emergency Centre.

There are provisions for VVIP/ VIP cabins, isolated cabins, wards, a surgical intensive care unit (SICU), medical intensive care unit (MICU), coronary care unit (CCU), neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), among others.

The 100-bed ICU unit will include 25 beds dedicated for surgical patients, 25 beds for medical patients, 25 beds for cardiac patients, 15 beds for neonatal and 10 beds for paediatric patients.

This super-specialized hospital also has 10 modular operation theatres where critical operations can be performed with modern tools and equipment.

Foreign and local specialized doctors and academics will attend the hospital for special medical consultancy and surgical operations. For smoother operations and management of the hospital, local physicians, doctors, medical staff, and administrative personnel are being trained by experts from Korea. 

A total 56 health specialists of Korea will work in the hospital for two years from its opening.