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Youngone donates 1.0m masks

November 22, 2021 00:00:00


Shaikh Shahinur Rahman, Managing Director, Youngone Corporation, and Md Shahjahan, Managing Director, Korean EPZ, handing over safety masks to DGHS officials at the DGHS office recently

Youngone Corporation has recently donated one million pieces of safety masks to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) for use of doctors, nurses and other health service providers and essential workers, says a press release.

This donation is part of the efforts by the Youngone Corporation to support the government's initiatives to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the pandemic started in 2020, Kihak Sung, chairman & CEO, Youngone Corporation, came forward with needful medical support for the affected people.

Shaikh Shahinur Rahman, managing director, Youngone Corporation, and Md Shahjahan, managing director, Korean EPZ, handed over the masks to the DGHS officials at the DGHS office on November 18.

Karnaphuli Polyester Products Company Ltd (KPP), a concern of Youngone Corporation, located at Korean EPZ (KEPZ), Anowara, Chattogram, has manufactured these safety masks complying with all required procedures and formalities of the Directorate General of Drug Administration.

In April 2020, at the very outset of the pandemic, Youngone came forward to support the government donating 75,000 pieces of Standard PPE (Hazmat suit, face mask and face shield) for use of frontline service providers including doctors, nurses as well as other health service providers.


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