Kidney Foundation launches lottery
Friday, 4 April 2008
There are about 20 million kidney patients in Bangladesh and 90 per cent of them die without proper treatment because of its high cost and lack of availability, specialists said Thursday, reports UNB.
The physicians urged the well-to-do people to come forward with their helping hands and positive attitudes to save these kidney patients through providing generous donation for tackling this expensive treatment.
"A man after successful kidney transplant can survive more than 40 years," president of the Kidney Foundation Prof Dr Harun-Ur-Rashid said while addressing a press conference at the Dhaka Club on the occasion of the launch of lottery against this grim background.
Prof Rashid informed journalists that they started the Kidney Foundation lottery-ticket sale across country from Thursday to raise funds for establishing a world-class kidney hospital at Mirpur in the city. A six-storied and 200-bed modern hospital will provide treatment with 40 beds of dialysis unit.
He said all branches of Sonali Bank and the agents would sell the lottery tickets across the country. The draw will be held on June 23, 2008.
National Prof Dr MR Khan, senior journalist Ataus Samad, UNB chairman Amanullah Khan, CEO and MD of Sonali Bank SA Chowdhury and secretary general of the Kidney Foundation Dr Muhibur Rahman attended the press conference.
The physicians urged the well-to-do people to come forward with their helping hands and positive attitudes to save these kidney patients through providing generous donation for tackling this expensive treatment.
"A man after successful kidney transplant can survive more than 40 years," president of the Kidney Foundation Prof Dr Harun-Ur-Rashid said while addressing a press conference at the Dhaka Club on the occasion of the launch of lottery against this grim background.
Prof Rashid informed journalists that they started the Kidney Foundation lottery-ticket sale across country from Thursday to raise funds for establishing a world-class kidney hospital at Mirpur in the city. A six-storied and 200-bed modern hospital will provide treatment with 40 beds of dialysis unit.
He said all branches of Sonali Bank and the agents would sell the lottery tickets across the country. The draw will be held on June 23, 2008.
National Prof Dr MR Khan, senior journalist Ataus Samad, UNB chairman Amanullah Khan, CEO and MD of Sonali Bank SA Chowdhury and secretary general of the Kidney Foundation Dr Muhibur Rahman attended the press conference.