Peerless Hospital’s new campus in Guwahati provides tertiary treatment to the Northeast.

B O News Desk : Bangladesh’s defence ties with Turkey are undergoing a marked deepening, signaled by a series of high-level visits and expanding military cooperation. Just days after Navy Chief Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hassan departed for official engagements in Turkey and Russia, Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan has left for Istanbul to meet his Turkish counterpart and attend the International Defence Industry Fair. These visits follow the July trip of Turkish Defence Industry Secretary Haluk Gorgun to Dhaka, during which he met key Bangladeshi military leaders and discussed joint ventures, including the possible establishment of defence production complexes in Chittagong and Narayanganj.

Since 2018, Bangladesh has ramped up acquisition of Turkish military hardware, procuring howitzers, rocket systems, and drones, and is considering a further expansion of its arsenal. The growing partnership comes as Dhaka appears to recalibrate away from reliance on Chinese defence supplies, underlined by the recent cancellation of the Army Chief’s planned visit to Beijing. This evolving dynamic is expected to culminate in a formal agreement and an institutional framework to coordinate collaborative defence projects between the two countries.

The Guwahati facility is the latest expansion by Peerless Hospital, which has served over 1.2 crore patients through its flagship institution in Kolkata since 1994.

With 100 beds operational at launch and plans to expand to 300 by 2026, the new hospital will offer a comprehensive range of specialties, including cardiology, neurology, orthopaedics, nephrology, oncology, and critical care.

Jayanta Roy, Managing Director of Peerless General Finance and Investment Company Ltd, and promoter of Peerless Hospital Group, said the Guwahati unit reflects the group’s long-standing commitment to accessible and ethical healthcare.

“Our mission is to serve, heal, and grow with the people of Assam. With this hospital, we bring over three decades of clinical excellence closer to home,” he said.

The new centre is expected to significantly reduce the financial and emotional burden faced by patients from states like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, and Mizoram, who frequently travel to metro cities for treatment.

Peerless Hospital’s Kolkata unit, a 500-bed NABH and NABL accredited facility, is known for its pioneering medical work in Eastern India. Its reputation is built on high-quality care, patient-first ethics, and innovations ranging from robotic surgeries to gene therapy.

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