Fight Against Covid-19: National, int’l orgs come forward to help hospitals
Different national and international organisations have come forward to assist Bangladesh government in its fight against Covid-19.
The donation of supplies have come at a time when many of the country's hospitals are suffering from critical supply shortages of medical equipment that are needed to diagnose and treat coronavirus patients.
The Australian government and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will install two screening and triage tents at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital and OGSB Hospital. Female patients, particularly pregnant ones, will get additional services in the centres.
According to a joint press release, 72,000 women will be able to avail services there in the next six months once these are established.
The Australian government and UNFPA also provided 4,172 "dignity kits" to women, girls and third-gender people to ensure protection from Covid-19 and dengue. The kits contain clothes and hygiene materials such as sanitary napkins, underwear, soaps, sanitisers and mosquito repellent.
Salma Adil Foundation and Bangladesh Medical Association, Chattogram jointly installed a sample-collection booth at Chattogram Medical College Hospital dedicatedly for doctors with Covid-19 symptoms.
According to Dr Mohammed Faisal Iqbal Chowdhury of BMA Chattogram, doctors can give samples every day from 9am to 1pm.
With cooperation from Chattogram Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Mahabubor Rahman, Aziz Al Kaiser, an entrepreneur and chairman of City Bank, donated a high flow nasal cannula to Chattogram General Hospital. The non-invasive respiratory support is used for patients with severe respiratory problems or hypoxemic respiratory failure.
In an informal handing over ceremony, Aziz Al Kaiser appealed to the affluent people of our society to contribute to the fight against Covid-19.
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