StanChart, Friendship team up for 400 cataract surgeries
Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh has recently teamed up with non-government organisation (NGO) Friendship to sponsor 400 cataract surgeries for underprivileged people in coastal areas.
Naser Ezaz Bijoy, the bank's CEO, and Runa Khan, the NGO's founder and executive director, signed the relevant agreement in Dhaka on Tuesday, Friendship said in a statement yesterday. Bitopi Das Chowdhury, the bank's country head for corporate affairs, and Kazi Golam Rasul, the NGO's director and head of health, were present. The NGO aims to help poor people in remote and unaddressed communities in Bangladesh.
The initiative is on providing quality eye care services, including screening and cataract removal surgery, through Rangdhanu Friendship Hospital to reduce avoidable blindness among the marginalised, hard-to-reach coastal communities, said the statement.
The Rangdhanu hospital ship has provided over 165,000 health services since starting operations in 2013.
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