United States-based charity organisation Meah Family Foundation (MFF) has donated $11,250 as support to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for treatments of COVID-19 patients.
Their fund will be used to buy oxygen cylinders for the patients undergoing treatment at the hospital, said a press release.
Recently, MFF handed over the money to CMC Alumni of North America (CMCNA), who will deliver the oxygen cylinders to CMCH.
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With the increasing number of Covid-19 patients, oxygen cylinder crisis increased in Chittagong.
Besides, the prices of oxygen cylinders have shot up causing more distress for the poor.
In this context, the MFF lend a hand to mitigate sufferings of the poor patients.
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