$22m Saudi help for cancer, eye hospitals
Bss, Dhaka
The country will receive 22 million US dollar from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) for specialised hospitals and medical institutes to provide specialised treatment and medical facilities for patients of cancer and eye diseases.An agreement was signed in this regard at a simple ceremony at the National Economic Council (NEC) at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city yesterday. Secretary of External Resource Division (ERD) Md Ismail Zabihullah and Deputy Managing Director of the SFD Engineer Mohammad Al-Shawl signed the agreement on behalf of the government and the SFD respectively. Officials in the ERD said the money would be spent under a project to upgrade physical and equipment facilities of the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) and the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH). The facilities include construction of service buildings and housing units of the hospitals, and procurement of medical equipment and furniture. They said a 300-bed new 10-storey building for the NICRH and a 250-bed new six-storey building for the NIOH would be constructed under the project involving 60 million US dollar. Of the amount, the government would provide 38 million US dollar and the rest 22 million US dollar to be borne by the SFD under the agreement. The Directorate General of the Health Services under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will implement the project.
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