After a long wait, the people of Narail finally have a kidney dialysis centre for the first time in their city.
A specialized kidney dialysis centre was launched on Thursday at Sharif Abdul Hakim and Narail Express Hospital in the Mohishkhola area of the district, reads a press release.
The centre aims to provide kidney dialysis services to around 4,000 patients annually.
The four-bedded kidney dialysis centre was set up as a joint initiative of Narail Express Foundation and JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Limited.
Chairman of Narail Express Foundation and Member of Parliament from Narail-2 Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and founder and Managing Director of JMI Group Md Abdur Razzaq inaugurated the centre named Narail Express Dialysis Center.
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza said there is a plan to set up a 10-bed unit at Narail Express Dialysis Center. The planned kidney dialysis centre has now been unveiled with four beds. The number of beds will be increased considering the demand in the coming days.
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, former captain of the national cricket team, also said: “Compared to other districts of the country, healthcare in Narail is lagging far behind. Although there are kidney dialysis centres in various surrounding districts, there was no facility in Narail until now. As a result, the patients here were forced to go to Khulna, Jessore or Dhaka. Many could afford the cost of kidney dialysis, but could not afford the service due to travel complications.
"In this situation, the centre launched today has brought a message of relief to the people of Narail. From now, Narail patients will get Japan's advanced technology dialysis services at affordable cost at their doorstep.”
Managing Director of JMI Group Md Abdur Razzaq said: “JMI Group has been working for more than a decade in the service of kidney patients of the country. We have planned to set up dialysis centres across the country to serve kidney patients. Under this initiative, we have already launched a dialysis centre at Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College and Hospital in the capital.
"Another centre set up at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital is awaiting its inauguration. Narail Express Dialysis Center is starting today. We are very proud to launch a first-of-its-kind kidney dialysis centre for the people of Narail in the month of victory.”
Meanwhile, Md Abdur Razzaq also said that the initiative between JMI Group and Narail Express Foundation to implement the dialysis centre is through a joint investment company of JMI Group with South Korea - JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Limited.
He added that various products including masks and gloves produced in this company are being exported to different countries of the world besides supplying the domestic market. During the Covid-19-period, JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Limited was the first company in the country to make KN95 masks.
Narail Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Superintendent of Police Sadira Khatun, District Council Chairman and District Awami League President Advocate Subhas Chandra Bose, Civil Surgeon Dr Nasima Akter, Narail Municipality Mayor Anjuman Ara, Sharif Abdul Hakim Diabetic Hospital President Advocate Abdul Mukit Lavlu, and Narail Express Foundation General Secretary Tariqul Islam Anik also spoke at the opening ceremony.
Notably, on November 13 last year, an agreement was signed between JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Limited and Narail Express Foundation to establish Narail Express Dialysis Center.
According to the agreement, JMI will provide Japanese equipment and technical expertise to set up and operate the kidney dialysis centre.
Narail Express Foundation will arrange for the setting up of the dialysis centre, ensuring other ancillary facilities and providing services to patients through skilled doctors and nurses.
Among others, senior officials of JMI Group, members of Narail Express Foundation, doctors, nurses and journalists from various media outlets were also present at the inauguration of the dialysis centre.