National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation

The National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) is an orthopedic hospital and undergraduate and post-graduate institute in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1972 by the Government of Bangladesh as the Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital. The original planning and construction began in the late 1960s but was interrupted by the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. In October 2002 the name of the institute was changed to National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR). NITOR is affiliated to the University of Dhaka and to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.