Dhaka: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Sunday said the government will set up a Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute at Chankharpool in the city which will be named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The minister came up with the information at a press briefing at the ministry.

The prime minister will lay the foundation stone of the institute in the first week of March, said Nasim.

Besides, the minister said, ‘A process is underway to have permission from the Bangabandhu Trust over naming the institute after Sheikh Hasina and we hope we’ll get the permission.’

Earlier on 24 November last year, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved the proposal for setting up the Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute.