National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR)

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The history of Orthopaedic Service Programme in Bangladesh runs somewhat concurrently with the development of the Rehabilitation Institute and Hospital for the Disabled.With the War of Liberation, the new nation of Bangladesh was left with a great number of war injured. Although a few of the Freedom Fighters from among the wounded were taken by foreign countries for treatment, the great bulk of the wounded including the civilians had to be taken care of by the new nation itself. The vast...

The history of Orthopaedic Service Programme in Bangladesh runs somewhat concurrently with the development of the Rehabilitation Institute and Hospital for the Disabled.With the War of Liberation, the new nation of Bangladesh was left with a great number of war injured. Although a few of the Freedom Fighters from among the wounded were taken by foreign countries for treatment, the great bulk of the wounded including the civilians had to be taken care of by the new nation itself. The vast majority of these patients had orthopaedic problems, and at that time there was only one qualified Bangladesh Orthopaedist in the country and he left within a matter of months.