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250 portable ICU ventilators reach Dhaka

UNB
24 Jul 2021 23:15:26 | Update: 24 Jul 2021 23:15:26
250 portable ICU ventilators reach Dhaka
Biman Bangladesh Airlines carried 250 ventilators from India sent by five Bangladeshi American doctors. -- UNB Photo

Five Bangladeshi American doctors have sent 250 portable intensive care unit (ICU) ventilators at the call of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carried the ventilators from India with the support of the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, Prime Minister's Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Jahid Tusher wrote on his Facebook page.

Prime Minister's personal physician Professor ABM Abdullah, senior secretaries of the foreign ministry and health ministry received the ventilators at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:30pm Saturday, he added.

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