DHAKA, April 7, 2020 (BSS) – China Railway Group Limited (CREC), contractor of Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) and the mother company of the contractor of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, today donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other safety gears to Kurmitola General Hospital and Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in a bid to support Bangladesh government’s fight against Covid-19.
Representative of CREC, Wang Kun handed over the equipment to Bangladesh Army representative Colonel Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury and Lt Colonel Dr Abdul Wahab, Assistant Director of Kurmitola General Hospital at a symbolic programme held at the CREC office in city’s Baridhara area, said a press release.
The consignment includes, 10,080 N95 Particulate Respirators, 40,000 Disposable Surgical Masks, 1, 000 Medical Protection Gowns, 400 Medical Goggles, and 500 COVID-19 Detection Kits.
As per the CREC representative, this is the first batch of PPE that CREC is donating to Bangladesh, and the world-leading construction conglomerate will try its best to provide more assistance in future.
“Fast and accurate testing and adequate PPE for medical professionals are essential for curbing COVID-19. The pandemic that we are facing today can no longer be fought by just government entities. We all need to work together,” Wang Kun said.
He added that CREC has also been making huge efforts to provide a safe working environment for its workers to ensure that they do not get infected by COVID-19 during work.
For its 9000 strong staff in Bangladesh, the company has already procured from China and local market sufficient medical resources such as masks, protective suits, COVID-19 test kits, goggles, hand gloves, infrared thermometers, disinfectants, hand-sanitizers and various kinds of medicines.
Both Colonel Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury and Lt. Colonel Dr Abdul Wahab expressed their gratitude to CREC for its timely support in the fight against COVID-19.