Emergency medical supply: Biman operated 4 flights to India from China

Biman Bangladesh Airlines operated four chartered flights to India from China since May 17 to send different medical equipment including oxygen cylinder and oxygen concentrator to the neighbouring country.

A second wave of coronavirus in India has overwhelmed hospitals and caused a shortage of oxygen, leaving many helpless as they try to treat their sick relatives at home. This desperate search for oxygen often ends in grief, reports different media.

"We have operated four special flights to India from China from May 17 to May 20 to send various medical equipment to our neighbouring country which is now battling from Covid-19," Dr Abu Saleh Mostafa Kamal, managing director and CEO of Biman, told The Daily Star.

In a show of friendship for neighbouring India and from the humanitarian ground, we operated those chartered flights apart from looking into our business interest.

Sources at Biman said negotiation is going on with India to operate 17 more charted flights to India from China to send different medical equipment to India.