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Gonoshasthaya Kendra

Savar Upazila, Bangladesh · built 1972

Gonoshasthaya Kendra (Bengali) is the first health center or hospital in independent Bangladesh. The organization earned highest national award of Bangladesh Government The Independence Day Award, 1977. In 1992, the hospital was also awarded the Right Livelihood Award for its "outstanding record of promotion of health and human development."

Hospital data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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