UNB :
International service organisation Rotary has built a 15-bed High Dependency Unit (HDU) and handed over it to the Kurmitola General Hospital to strengthen the facility’s capacity in the fight against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.
Three Bangladeshi clubs-Rotary Club of Dhaka, Rotary Club of Metropolitan Dhaka and Rotary Club of Uttara-have built the HDU in the hospital at a cost of over $250,000 ($2.5 lakh), said a press release on Friday.
Rotary Club of Jodhpur Roundtown, Rotary Club of Calcutta Millennium and Rotary Club of Belur were the international partners of the global grant project under the Rotary Foundation, the charity wing of Rotary International.
The handover took place on Thursday at a ceremony held in Kurmitola General Hospital where Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi , also a member of Rotary Club of Uttara, was connected virtually as chief guest while DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam attended as a special guest.
Md Rubayet Hossain, immediate past District Governor of Rotary International District-3281, inaugurated the HDU while incumbent District Governor barrister Mutasim Billah Faruqui, District Governor Nominee TIM Nurul Kabir, Kurmitola General Hospital’s Director Brigadier General Jamil Ahmad also spoke, among others.
Tipu Munshi said coronavirus would continue to trouble the world and Bangladesh needs more facilities to fight against the virus.
