Area of Expertise
Dr. Rummana Marid (MBBS, MD, CCD) is a clinical Microbiologist who is currently the Head of Clinical Microbiology at BIHS General Hospital. Dr. Rummana, along with a team of skilled & dedicated laboratory staff, provides excellent service to users through its modern equipment. The clinical Microbiology service laboratory is a full-service laboratory offering diagnostic bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and virology. The laboratory receives specimens from in-patient, outpatient department of the hospital as well as from all over the city. Along with supporting patient service, Dr. Rummana coordinated training for B.Sc. & M.Sc. students of different Universities as well as medical technologists. The labs have an excellent platform to identify antibiotic resistance patterns since 2006. To keep pace with the recent and actual therapeutic pattern. The Laboratory services are continuously updated with modern & automated facilities.
Training/Conference
- Bangladesh Society of Medical Microbiologists conference.
- Infection Prevention & control (IPC) Training.
- Bangladesh Biosafety & Biosecurity conference & training.
Research/Publication
- Resurgence and Predominance of G3p human Rotavirus in north central Bangladesh 2018-2019.
- Co-circulation of dengue Virus type-03 genotype I type-2 cosmopolitan genotype in 2018 outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- SARS cov -2 detection using Realtime RTPCR by a commercial diagnostic kit.