Amader Somoyer Pratiddhani Foundation has launched their second mobile medical clinic ‘Healthcare on Wheels’ donated by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).
Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Ramis Sen inaugurated the mobile medical clinic at an event at Army Golf Club in the capital on Sunday.
Vice-president of TIKA Umit Naci YORULMAZ, Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh Heru Hartanto Subolo, founding president of Amader Somoyer Pratiddhani Foundation Sanjida Bhuiyan Haque, Brig. General Manzur Qader and Habibul Haque were also present at the time.
This is initiated by Amader Somoyer Pratiddhani Foundation which has been conceived to offer free medical consultation, conduct clinical tests and supply free medicines to people who are living in the slum area, street vendors and remote areas of Bangladesh, says a press release.
TIKA handed over the bus which aims to extend healthcare facilities free of cost to the needy at their doorstep.
The transport will be deployed in each area as per the Bangladesh Medical Guidelines.
Along with consultation space, the facilities in the transport include consulting room, a well-equipped lab with diagnostic facilities, medicine dispensation, areas to provide diagnostic care of blood, glucose, pregnancy testing and so on.
The van/transport is also equipped to create awareness programs for child health, geriatric and communicable diseases and to educate society on various lifestyle changes that impact their health.
