Standard Chartered Bangladesh recently collaborated with United Trust to make sure that patients at M A Rashid Hospital in Jamalpur have consistent access to life-saving medical oxygen, a press release said Wednesday.
With the pandemic accelerating both local and global demand for oxygen, it became evident that medical oxygen is essential for the treatment of cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, in addition to COVID-19.
To solve issues of availability, quality, affordability, and supply, Standard Chartered donated a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Medical Oxygen Generation Plant to M A Rashid Hospital in Jamalpur. The plant’s total installed capacity of 303 litres/minutewill provide over 80 ailing patients with a constant supply of much needed oxygen.
The PSA Medical Oxygen Generation Plant was inaugurated by Robert Chatterton Dickson, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, who attended the event as a special guest, along with Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bangladesh, and Moinuddin Hasan Rashid, Chairman & Managing Director, United Group. Other attendees included: EnamulHuque, Managing Director, Head of Client Coverage, Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking, Standard Chartered Bangladesh; Bitopi Das Chowdhury, Head of Corporate Affairs, Brand & Marketing, Standard Chartered Bangladesh;Abdur Rahim, Chairman, United Trust; and members of local government authorities.
Earlier this year, in March, Chattogram Maa-Shishu O General Hospital was the first of three medical facilities to receivea PSA Medical Oxygen Generation Plant from Standard Chartered Bangladesh. Via the donation, the Bank became the first in the nation to provide a medical facility with access to a steady supply of oxygen. Another oxygen plant was donated to TMSS Medical College &Rafatullah Community Hospital (TMC & RCH) in September. The total oxygen generation potential of the three plants exceeds 1300 litres/minute and serves up to 400 patients per day.
