StanChart donates medical oxygen plant to Ctg hospital

Standard Chartered Bank has donated a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen generation plant to Chattogram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital (CMOSH) in Agrabad of the port city yesterday.

The total installed capacity of the plant is 436 litres/minute, a press release said.

"The stark realities of Covid-19 had laid bare the fault lines in our communities. Throughout the challenges faced during the pandemic, at Standard Chartered we have made it our mission to stand beside communities across Bangladesh, supporting both lives and livelihood with a range of interventions," said Naser Ezaz Bijoy, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bangladesh.

"We would like to express our gratitude to Standard Chartered Bank for coming forward and donating an oxygen generation plant for our Covid-19 unit," said Prof MA Taher Khan, president of CMOSH.

Bitopi Das Chowdhury, head of corporate affairs, brand and marketing at Standard Chartered Bangladesh, Mahbubul Alam, president of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Prof Wazir Ahmed, director of the Institute of Child Health at CMOSH, were present.