DHAKA, Sept 30, 2020 (BSS) – Mobile financial service (MFS) provider, bKash donated 14 high flow oxygen ventilators to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital to enhance their capacity for COVID-19 treatment.
It also installed an oxygen plant at Diabetic Hospital (BIHS General Hospital), an associate organization of BIRDEM, said a bKash press release today.
Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Professor Dr. Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam and DMCH Director Brigadier General A K M Nasir Uddin received the ventilators from bKash CEO Kamal Quadir.
Besides, Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (BADAS) President Professor Dr A K Azad Khan inaugurated the oxygen plant at Diabetic Hospital.
Earlier, bKash handed over 50 ventilators and around 650,000 emergency health toolkits donated by Alibaba Foundation and Jack Ma Foundation to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
bKash also provided food aid to 5,000 families under the supervision of Sena Kalyan Sangstha (SKS). At the same time, MFS operators also helped in constructing Bidyanondo Foundation’s hospital.