Over Tk 2.11 cr received for cancer hospital in April

Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) received Tk 2 crore 11 lakh and 80 thousand in cash donations in the last month while there were commitments for another Tk 2 crore and 15 lakh from two donors, says a press release.

Construction of the hospital is progressing fast as per plan at Uttara in the city.

In the meantime all works for basement-2 were completed and the works for basement-1 are now going on.

The donors for the month are Pubali Bank Ltd, Tk 2 crore (half of the amount committed for a floor); Awlad Hossain Choudhury, Tk 1 lakh; Hena Ahmed, Tk 5 lakh (partial payment of Tk 20 lakh for a 5-bed ward); Dr MA Hakim, Tk 5 lakh (for a bed to be dedicated for poor patients); Afifa Khan, Tk 5 thousand; Jahangir Alam, Tk 2 thousand; in the name of late Dr Md Mozammel Huq, Tk 5 thousand; Aminul Islam & others, Tk 3 thousand; Ehteshamul Huq, Tk 10 thousand; Rita Hui, Tk 20 thousand; Dr Engr Fazlul Karim, Tk 35 thousand and Syed Abu Bin Khurshed, Tk 50 thousand.

The hospital costing about Tk 200 crore needs participation of more people.