Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, MP and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the LGRD Ministry, presented N-95 masks for the doctors working at Faridpur Medical College (FMC) on Tuesday.
He handed over 110 masks in two bundles to the medical representatives present at his Afsana Manzil residence in Badarpur area in Faridpur.
Meanwhile, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said that the doctors engaged in the medical services of those infected with the corona virus in Faridpur were worried about their own safety. Ordinary patients get more panicked if the doctors themselves are fearful.
He said that these masks have been provided to the doctors on his own initiative to protect the doctor's health. He hoped that the fear of the doctors in Faridpur would be over now. Effective masks for the treatment of corona virus are very important for physicians, he added.
At this time, director of FMC Hospital Dr Saifur Rahman, FMC principal Dr Khabirul Islam, BMA Faridpur unit's President Dr Jahangir Hossain Tito Chowdhury, District Jubo League unit's convener HM Fuad and others were present.
In the Corona Dedicated Hospital of Faridpur Medical College Hospital 5 corona infected patients as well as 4 more patients with corona symptoms were admitted in the hospital till Tuesday afternoon. Doctors and nurses working here have been demanding effective PPEs and masks for their protection since the launch of this corona unit here.
