05-07-2010
SHAKIL JAMAL, MIB Bogra Unit, Bogra.
GP Sets up Blood Bank with TMSS in Bogra
Grameenphone has inaugurated a full-fledged blood bank at one of
Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) health initiatives, the Rafatullah
Community Hospital (RCH) in Bogra. This is the first and the largest
blood bank in the northern region funded by a private organization.
Safe
blood transfusion is one of the most important pre-conditions for
health safety. Grameenphone had provided financial assistance to TMSS to
set up a full-fledged blood bank at the hospital, to ensure adequate
resources required for safe and hygienic blood transfusions for every
patient requiring blood at RCH, especially the underprivileged.
Grameenphone also aims to create awareness among the mass for voluntary
blood donation through this project.
Syed Yamin Bakht, Director,
Public Relations, Grameenphone inaugurated the blood bank at a small
ceremony on the RCH premises. Hosne Ara Begum, Executive Director, of
TMSS was also present at the occasion.
The Rafatullah Community
Hospital is located in Bogra right next to the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway,
which is also an accident prone area, with a high incidence of need for
surgeries and blood transfusion. In 2006, RCH transfused 1260 bags of
blood to its patients. The surgery department of the hospital now takes
complete shape with the establishment of this blood bank.
The aim
of TMSS is Family Development through women empowerment. TMSS works in
all six administrative divisions and in 63 districts, covering 234
upazillas across the country. Other than RCH, TMSS runs other health
programs - 64 Primary Health Care Centre called THCCs as well as the
Medical technology Institute (TMIRT).
As a responsible corporate
citizen of Bangladesh, Grameenphone is committed to addressing the needs
of the country in its race for development, putting special focus on
the health-care needs of the country.
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