To take healthcare facilities at the doorsteps of the mass, Unilever Bangladesh Limited inaugurated a two-day community health camp at the Hamidia Ideal Government Primary School premises in Chittagong yesterday.
In collaboration with Chittagong Diabetic Hospital, Chittagong Ma O Sishu General Hospital, and Lions Eye Hospital, the camp titled “Unilever Community Health Camp,” is being held for the 8th time in the Chandgaon area of the port city.
A total of 2,500 patients had registered for the camp to avail different healthcare facilities like routine checkups, mother and child health, eye care etc. The patients would be provided with free drugs at the camp, said Unilever officials.
Speaking as the chief guest, lawmaker Mainuddin Khan Badal said the current government had set a goal to take healthcare facilities at the doorsteps of the people of the country and physicians had been appointed at each of the union health centres in that regard.
He inaugurated the health camp with Shapan Bhatcharjee, general factory manager of Unilever.
“A collaborative approach is necessary alongside government initiative to take health care facilities at the doorsteps of the people of the country and Unilever is playing a key role in this regard,” he said.
Kazi Saiful Islam, factory human resource manager at Unilever, said they were not keeping themselves confined within the commercial activities only, rather they were engaged in different kinds of activities for the welfare of the society.
“We have been working in various sectors including healthcare, education, nurturing talents and women empowerment,” he said.
Unilever had been running community health camps for the past seven years where 17,983 patients had been benefitted with healthcare facilities, he added.
SM Morshed Hossain, vice president of the Chittagong Ma O Sishu General Hospital addressed the inauguration among others.