Comparative Case Analysis of The Pre-pandemic Medical College and Hospitals

This is a comparative analysis of the existing medical colleges in Bangladesh and Pakistan. This article will elaborately and diagrammatically compare on the basis of common factors.

INNOVATIONARCHITECTURAL STUDY

Muhammad Golam Sami , Mahmuda Yasmin Dola

6/15/20222 min read

Image: Three prominent medical colleges of Bangladesh

The pre-pandemic decision on Medical College and Hospital design has significantly impacted the pandemic scenario. Because these institutions served as the primary backbone in the fight against COVID-19, the spatial design decisions made by these institutions significantly impacted the value and COVID susceptibility. Sir Salimullah Medical College, Rangpur Medical College, and M. Abdur Rahim Medical College will be compared.

Findings:

Since the globe has witnessed the effects of such a large viral pandemic, it is necessary to adapt to a new approach to health care design in order to have a smooth post-pandemic future. Many end users are reconsidering the post-pandemic built environment in terms of flexibility and maintenance protocol design, as well as the concerns involved. Our case studies shed light on the future of hospitals and related institutions, as well as how these spaces might be regenerated and restored using design resiliency principles. However, this approach will reshape the healthcare environment because the key distinction between this location and others is that it must be open during the epidemic, with work-from-home options available in office spaces. According to the Italian medical journal Acta Biomedica, resilience is one of the most essential problems that will assist the hospital structure in dealing with emergency demands, which may arrive at a quick rate at times or may not be required at all. Hospital and institution occupants will always benefit from resilience design, and this approach can adapt to dealing with and averting future health problems by incorporating all tactics and methodologies. Our findings will motivate us to design a resilient healthcare environment that takes important factors into account.

Meet The AuthorS

Muhammad Golam Sami

B. Arch, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh Architect | Futurist | Sustainable Design Expert

Operational Head, ADORA Studios, Bangladesh

Founder, samism.org

Lecturer, Department of Architecture

Northern University of Business & Technology

Mahmuda Yasmin Dola

B. Arch, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh Architect | Analytical Practitioner

Head of Construction, ADORA Studios, Bangladesh

CMO & Head of Construction, SS Construction & Power Solution, Bangladesh

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Post-pandemic Hospital & Institutional Design: New Modern Medical College & 250 Bed Hospital, Khulna

The hospital, one of the riskiest areas of viral transmission and a backbone for pandemic curing needs to be redefined with new spatial principles. On the other hand, redesigning institutional programs and syntax will help us to better understand the relationship between public and private space according to proper health design requirements. According to WHO, environmental aspects are one of the vital reasons for the increasing percentage of curability of patients.

Image: Hospital and Medical College Design Project