MTB, Ispahani Eye Hospital team up on RMG eye care

FE Team | Published: September 12, 2022 23:29:29

The agreement was signed by Brig Gen A K M Akhtaruzzaman, Chief Executive Officer, Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital (IIEI&H), and Samia Chowdhury, Chief Executive Officer, MTB Foundation in the presence of Syed Mahbubur Rahman, Managing Director & CEO and Rais Uddin Ahmad, Deputy Managing Director & CAMLCO of Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. (MTB) at a simple ceremony at the bank's Corporate Head Office in Dhaka.

MTB Foundation recently signed an agreement with Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital (IIEI&H) for the project titled, 'Eye Health Service for the Garment Workers, predominantly Female'. Under the agreement, MTB Foundation and Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital (IIEI&H) will jointly organize eye camps for the garment workers of different ready-made garments (RMG) factories of the country with a focus on the female segment, says a press release.
The country's ready-made garments (RMG) sector employs a significant number of workers out of which a majority comprises women. These women are mostly engaged in sewing and cutting for prolonged hours.
The agreement was signed by Brig Gen A K M Akhtaruzzaman, Chief Executive Officer, Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital (IIEI&H), and Samia Chowdhury, Chief Executive Officer, MTB Foundation in the presence of Syed Mahbubur Rahman, Managing Director & CEO and Rais Uddin Ahmad, Deputy Managing Director & CAMLCO of Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. (MTB) at a simple ceremony held at the bank's Corporate Head Office in Dhaka.