Grameenphone has started supplying PPE to the hospital

Grameenphone ha Began to provide professional medical grade personal protective equipment or PPE (fully resistant clothing, N95 mask, gloves, and goggles) to selected Health Department hospitals to combat coronavirus infection.

Grameenphone started this program in collaboration with the Department of Health starting Thursday. In the first phase, 6,000 units of PPE were supplied to the Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital.

In a statement, Grameenphone said the number of Corona victims is increasing. In this case, PPE will protect healthcare providers from infection while providing healthcare.

Yasir Ajman, CEO of Grameenphone, said: “Bangladesh urgently needs to provide PPE to protect health workers in the face of a global epidemic. Our healthcare workers are at the forefront of the fight against coronavirus. We are committed to providing all kinds of cooperation at this time. Today we have started distributing the first step materials and will gradually complete the rest of the steps.

Director General of the Department of Health (DG) Professor. Abul Kalam Azad said: “We have faced an unprecedented challenge. In this situation, our primary responsibility is to ensure medical grade PPE and other necessary safety materials. We applaud the Grameenphone initiative; At the same time, we ask other organizations to come forward to address this situation.