Business Desk :
A delegation led by Faruque Hassan, President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), paid a courtesy call on Brigadier General Md NazmulHaque, Director of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday. They discussed how BGMEA and Dhaka Medical College Hospital can collaborate to ensure that garment workers and employees get healthcare services on a priority basis. Faruque Hassan said BGMEA places utmost importance to ensuring healthcare facilities for RMG workers who are the main driving force behind Bangladesh’s apparel industry.
Improving health and wellbeing of the garment workers has always been a priority for BGMEA and the industry as a whole, he said. BGMEA runs 12 health centers that provide healthcare facilities and medicines to more than 60,000 garment workers per year at free of cost. The centers also provide awareness program on HIV/ AIDS, tuberculosis, reproductive health and use of contraceptives. Moreover, for RMG workers, a full-fledged hospital is operational in Chittagong, he informed.
