RAJSHAHI, Aug 11, 2020 (BSS) – State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has handed over health protective gears to the doctors, nurses and health workers in Bagha Upazila Health Complex in the district.
He provided the safety gears from his personal fund so that the frontline fighters can spearhead their services to the patients properly by being protected themselves from the novel coronavirus infection.
On behalf of the state minister, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Shahin Reza handed over the medical gears like 75 personal protective equipment, 450 hand gloves, two cartons of sanitizers, nine pieces of distilled water, eight goggles and five fresh shields among the front-liners on Monday.
Union Parishads Chairmen Rafiqul Islam, Rabiul Islam, Shafiqur Rahman, Saiful Islam and Azizul Azam and local Awami League leaders were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Shahin Reja lauded the initiative saying this equipment will contribute a lot to containing the coronavirus spread.
Earlier, the state minister has provided safety equipment to the physicians, nurses and healthcare workers engaged in Covid-19 patients’ treatment in Rajshahi with his own initiative.
A total of 3,000 disposable surgical masks, 600 N-95 masks, 300 protective aprons, 100 personal protective equipment (PPE), 200 pairs of hand gloves, 200 protective goggles, 200 face shields and 80 thermometers were handed over to Rajshahi city Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Fazle Hossain Badshah, MP, and the civil surgeon of the district.