KSRM, country’s one of the top steel-making industries, has been supplying free oxygen to corona medical centres in the country.
The company has provided free oxygen to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) from the beginning. Oxygen was then supplied to Chittagong General Hospital. KSRM will provide free oxygen to different parts of the country in phases.
Apart from Chittagong, KSRM authorities have plans to provide free oxygen to various government and private hospitals in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Rangpur and Barisal divisions. It will deliver oxygen especially to hospitals where there is an oxygen crisis. KSRM, as always, has come forward to serve humanity in the changing global situation. It has taken initiative to produce and supply medical oxygen at the time of crisis in the oxygen plant suitable for industrial use.
The company mainly produces oxygen for use in rod manufacturing plants. They have an oxygen plant in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong. The production capacity of that plant with 2 compressors is 1 thousand cubic meters per hour. Although oxygen has been produced for factory use for so long, recently medical oxygen is also being produced. The produced oxygen is being supplied to various health centers to deal with the corona situation.
In addition, KSRM has been providing PPE, masks, hand sanitizers, food items and cash assistance in various sectors including health centers since the outbreak of corona infection in the country. Following this, KSRM came forward as in the past when there was an oxygen crisis in the health sector.
Oxygen has already been given to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
Oxygen was handed over to Chittagong General Hospital on Sunday. Civil Surgeon and senior KSRM officials were present at a brief ceremony organized to hand over the oxygen cylinders in the conference room of the hospital.
Chittagong Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi said that KSRM is a noble and public interest initiative.
KSRM will not only fill the cylinder with oxygen, it will refill the cylinder when it is empty. This will save many lives from untimely death.
KSRM General Manager Syed Nazrul Islam said the prevalence of corona has increased in the country in recent times. Countless people are dying without getting oxygen only in emergencies. We think that any disaster cannot be handled by the government alone unless different sectors come forward.
Realizing that need, we are producing medical oxygen at the factory's oxygen production plant and supplying it to various health centers. It is part of our social responsibility. We want every soul to survive, to be saved from untimely death. Because there are thousands of dreams hidden in every soul.
Media Adviser Mizanul Islam, Senior Manager Taj Uddin, Medical Officer Dr. Mesbah Uddin, Assistant Manager Abu Sufian, Senior Officer MizanUlHaq were present on the occasion.
