Tk 23.82 lakh received for AMCH in May

Construction work of Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) is progressing fast as per schedule at Uttara in the city. The two basements have already been completed and now construction of the first floor is going on

They are -- Dr Aminul Huq and Chhabi Amin, Tk 6 lakh 89 thousand 109.65; Kanchan Mian, Tk 6 lakh; anonymous lady, Tk 5 lakh; Iftekhar Ahmed Nasir, Tk 2 lakh; Nazma Islam, Firoza Mahmud and Mian Fazle Karim, Tk 1 lakh each; Mansurur Rahman, Tk 25 thousand; S N Billah, Tk 20 thousand; Firoza Haq, Tk 15 thousand; Sohel Haq, Tk 6 thousand; Amina Begum, Sahara Begum and Himel, Tk 5 thousand each; Ummey Saila, Tk 4.5 thousand; Sultana Sharmin, Tk 4 thousand and Anwar Hossain Choudhury, Tk 3 thousand.

The total amount in the AMCH Fund now stands at Tk 30 crore 15 lakh 17 thousand, which includes the amount received from individuals and organisations, proceeds of the AMCH Lottery-2005 and a grant of Tk 10 crore from the Ministry of Social Affairs of the government.

As the world class 500-bed cancer hospital needs an estimated cost of about Tk 200 crore, Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), the sponsor of the hospital, has urged all to come forward to donate for early construction of the hospital.

It may be noted here that there are provisions of dedicating bed, ward or wing of the hospital in the name of one's near and dear ones and also of being enlisted as a sponsor of the hospital by donating specific amount of money.

Meanwhile, construction work of the hospital is progressing fast as per schedule at Uttara in the city. The two basements have already been constructed and now construction works of the first floor is going on.