Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The pediatric surgery department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday received a big chunk of medical supplies and surgical equipment from a US charity.
The charity, Children of Abraham, donated the supplies worth around Tk 20 million for the betterment of childcare at DMCH, the biggest public sector hospital in the country which serves 5,000 people everyday against 1,700 beds.
A Bangladeshi-born physician now a professor of Drexel University, Philadelphia, Dr Ziauddin Ahmed, arranged the donation, according to reports.
The supplies include microscopes, endoscopic equipment such as laparoscopes, colonoscopies and ultra sonogram machines as well as mechanical and electric beds, medicine carts and overhead operating lights.
BBN/SI/AD-15Aug10-11:03 am (BST)
