Robert Chatterton Dickson, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, visited the Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital (LFH) in a remote char at Sariakandi in Bogura, a press release said Tuesday.
Zaved Akhtar, CEO and Managing Director, Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), accompanied him in the visit along with Runa Khan, Executive Director of Friendship and other dignitaries.
Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), in collaboration with Friendship, a not-for-profit social purpose organisation, constructed a residential hospital boat with amenities for medical procedures to serve remote char communities in 2001.
The LFH is fully equipped with a primary health care unit. It also has secondary health care facilities, two operation theatres, a pathological laboratory, and a digitalised X-ray room. The LFH team consists of doctors, nurses, and other medical staff who offer a wide range of services including gynaecology dentistry, ophthalmology, paediatrics, and general medicine.
Robert Dickson said, “For the last 20 years, Unilever’s initiative with Friendship has set an excellent example in transforming communities by meeting their healthcare needs. It is always a pleasure seeing British multinational companies not only build the economy through business, but embed into the culture and heritage of a country.”
Zaved Akhtar said, “We partnered with the Friendship 20 years ago to establish Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital (LFH), which offers medical treatment to underprivileged individuals living in off-the-grid communities. I admire the diligence and commitment with which medical personnel from Bangladesh and globally have improved the lives of more than 657,000 patients over the past 20 years.”
