President of
(Kidney Foundation Sylhet)
Founder President of
(Kidney Foundation Sylhet)
Secretary General of
(Kidney Foundation Sylhet)
Treasurer of
(Kidney Foundation Sylhet)
ABOUT KIDNEY FOUNDATION
Kidney Foundation Sylhet is a dream project of Professor Ziauddin Ahmed, a kidney specialist since 1986 and Professor of Medicine and Nephrology at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He is the son of Shaheed Professor Shamsuddin Ahmed FRCS, who was professor and head of surgery at Sylhet Medical College. He was martyred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 while treating patients inside the hospital under brutal attack by the Pakistani army.
Three visionary individuals: Mr. Jahin Ahmed, Prof. Zia Uddin Ahmed, MD, FASN, and Colonel (Retd.) Mohammad Abdus Salam, Bir Protik — who resolved to create a charitable institution dedicated to improving renal healthcare in Sylhet. Their initiative was deeply inspired by Mrs. Hosn Ara Ahmed, the esteemed mother of Dr. Zia Uddin Ahmed, a distinguished educationalist and former Principal of Sylhet Women’s College. The founders also drew encouragement and strategic guidance from the late Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, a true legend and one of Bangladesh’s most respected development leaders.
The foundation and the hospital are nonprofit initiatives established to provide prevention, awareness, and treatment of kidney diseases. The center plays a critical role in training healthcare workers, conducting outreach programs, and delivering clinical services to underserved populations.
Professor Harun Ur Rashid, Founder President of Kidney Foundation Bangladesh, Dhaka, and his team supported this project by providing technical expertise and strategic guidance. Operations began as the Foundation rented a 12000 square feet centre at Shahjalal Uposhohor and fully renovated it with modern design for a state of art dialysis center, outpatient clinic and a modern medical laboratory. The project developed into a PPP (Public-Private Partnership) Hospital with the Government of Bangladesh, where the government contributed 80% of construction costs and the remaining was raised through private donors, including international philanthropists.
Kidney Foundation Hospital Sylhet – Nazirgoan, Temukhi
The land for the hospital — 60 decimals — was generously donated by Mr. Zubair Ahmed Chowdhury and his family. Construction began in 2018 and was completed in mid-2024. The newly built 200-bed state-of-the-art facility near Shahjalal University of Science & Technology began full operations in January 2025. The project, costing approximately Tk 36 crore (USD 3.6 million), was formally inaugurated by Professor Muhammad Yunus as Chief Adviser of the Interim Government.
Today, the hospital operates one of Bangladesh’s largest dialysis centers outside Dhaka, with 37 machines running three shifts per day, serving over 18,000 sessions in 2024 alone. The center also offers outpatient nephrology care, inpatient wards, minor surgeries, laboratory services, and emergency kidney care. Over 55% of dialysis sessions are subsidized or free for the poor, funded by charity programs such as the “Sir Fazle Hasan Abed Kidney Dialysis Fund.”
This continues to be a not-for-profit kidney center. There is no private owner or shareholder. All profits and grants are fully reinvested to improve and expand the foundation’s services.
The Out-Patient Center
The out-patient center is designed to implement all the strategies available to diagnose early and also slow the progression of existing chronic kidney disease.
The services will be provided to manage Hypertension , Chronic Kidney disease, Urinary tract infection, Kidney stones, Prostate problems , blood in the urine, Protein in the urine, Electrolytes disorders, Acid base problems , Fluid management , Anemia management, Metabolic bone disease and hyperparathyroidism management, Nutritional counselling and management.
In future the center will provide services in the management of Kidney transplantation, Urological Disorders, Vascular services, Peritoneal dialysis, Home hemodialysis mobile dialysis unit to provide service to other health clinic etc.
The center welcomes public participation to support the concept of the mission by the people for the people. The center goal is to energize the community to flourish with Human compassion and establish a model of sharing responsibility and taking burden of the people in need. The people are encourage to participate by being a paid member of the Foundation, generous donation towards the facility expenses and out reach program or sponsoring treatment of any patient by donation or zakat fund etc.
The center is dedicated to improve the health care of Sylhet by an effort in integrating health delivery by complimenting for improving the standard of care and avoiding unhealthy competition. This will be orchestrated by sharing resources , increasing trust , and assuring quality of health care in every other clinics or hospitals in the area.
The main Hospital is a project under PPP (Public Private Partnership) program for a 200 bed hospital and research centre. The Hospital plan and project profile was submitted to the Govt for the grant. 60 decimal of land on the main road of Badahaghat near Shahjalal University. At an approximate cost of around 3/4 crore was donated by prominent businessman Mr. Zubair Ahmed Chowdhury. By end of this 2019 the construction of the main hospital began and was completed by end of 2024.
The hospital is furnished with the most modern equipment and is committed to provide highest quality services for kidney care to everyone including lower income people.
The center will establish an International Standard Training Centre for updating knowledge and technology with the help of renowned specialists from USA ,UK and all over the world.
An effort will be ultimately made to integrate the whole health care delivery system in Sylhet so the people can get best health care in all specialties in Sylhet. The effort will be provided to involve everyone for training and ensure technology support to improve the standard of all health care delivery in all health care institutions in Sylhet. This will be a unique model how local medical institutions and population if come together can have a positive impact on health care of people, avoid patients seeking health care abroad, improve trust between patients and health care team, secure transparency and develop ethical standard etc.
A telemedicine facility will be started soon where Kidney specialists from Dhaka Kidney foundation and Nephrology and Urology specialists form USA, UK and other places will be available for consultation in management of diagnostically difficult cases.
A Laboratory equipped with modern equipment has been established to provide services for many types of tests for many medical conditions at very low costs.
This center is dedicated for providing best patient care with dignity and respect Special attention will be provided for international standard of medical ethics and patient satisfaction and public relations. The Clinic will ensure support, guidance and education for both patients and families so that the best clinical out comes and ongoing quality of life can be achieved.
The multispecialty clinics will provide care for Hypertension, Diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol , Metabolic disorders, pulmonary illness, women’s health etc.
A program to prevent kidney diseases by increasing awareness and early detection for timely management is undertaken. An out reach program will be launched by sending health care workers to the communities and also collecting health information from other NGO’s or Government clinics for appropriate guidance. Dr. Mushfique Chowdhury a multispecialty trained excellent physician of 40 years experience in an international modern hospital in Dubai is the director of the Kidney disease prevention care and multispecialty clinic.
This center is also dedicated to provide training of Physicians, Nurses, technicians for this and also for the other institutions. Monthly medical seminar will be organized for local physicians and nurses. Medical camps with visiting experts will provide direct patient care and physicians training.
