A five-day international training on Chemical Incident Preparedness for Hospitals (HOSPREP) concluded in the city today. Photo: ISPR

DHAKA, Oct 9, 2025 (BSS) – A five-day international training on Chemical Incident Preparedness for Hospitals (HOSPREP) concluded in the city today. 

Principle Staff Officer Lieutenant General SM Kamrul Hassan joined the closing ceremony as the chief guest, while 18 participants both national and international and six instructors from OPCW and Bangladesh, other senior dignitaries from home and abroad were present. 

According to Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) press release, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and Bangladesh National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention (BNACWC) jointly organised the training.
 
The training aims to initiate nationwide comprehensive capacity building effort in hospitals for dealing with chemical victims, the ISPR release said. 

It said that the training focused on hospital emergency planning, chemical victim decontamination procedures and clinical management as well as on the prevention of secondary contamination of medical personnel. 

Experts from home and abroad, instructors from OPCW and specialist physicians from different medical institutions were involved in conducting the training.

The chief guest handed over certificates to participants and resource persons at the closing ceremony. 

The principle staff officer expressed that the knowledge gained through this training would be immensely beneficial for the participants to effectively deal with victims of chemical incident/accident in hospitals. 

He also reiterated on the importance of the capacity building of the hospitals to prepare for such challenges in case of chemical disasters.