BSS :
As many as 71 patients infected with chronicle diseases have received financial help from the department of social services under the Ministry of Social Welfare for treatment at Sadar Upazila in the district.
A function for distributing cheques was held at the auditorium of the Upazila Parishad yesterday afternoon with Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Rafiul Alam in the chair.
Local lawmaker Mahabub Ara Begum attended the function as the chief guest.
Upazila chairman Shah Sarwar Kabir, Upazila social service officer Nasir Uddin Shah addressed the function, among others.
Later, the lawmaker distributed the cheques of the grant of Tk 35.50 lakh to the patients. Each of the patients received a cheque of Tk 50,000.
Fazlul Haque, deputy director of the department of social services, here told the BSS that cheques of the grant were distributed among 285 patients of all seven Upazilas of the district this month.
