British High Commissioner visits Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital in remote char

Business Desk :
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson, visited the Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital (LFH) in a remote char at Sariakandi in Bogura. Zaved Akhtar, CEO and Managing Director, Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), accompanied him in the visit along with Runa Khan, Executive Director of Friendship and other dignitaries.
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) in collaboration with Friendship, a not-for-profit social purpose organisation, constructed a residential hospital boat with amenities for medical procedures to serve remote char communities in 2001. The LFH is fully equipped with a primary health care unit. It also has secondary health care facilities, two operation theatres, a pathological laboratory, and a digitalised X-ray room. The LFH team consists of doctors, nurses, and other medical staff who offer a wide range of services including gynaecology dentistry, ophthalmology, paediatrics, and general medicine. In addition to providing treatment, LFH also dispenses free medicine to patients and offers. In the last 20 years, LFH has delivered 1,066,671 healthcare services to 657,182 patients. In addition to regular outpatient service delivery, LFH has organised 416 different specialised health camps conducted by nationalÒrs.
Robert Chatterton Dickson said “Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital (LFH) has become a symbol of hope for enabling healthcare across underserved communities in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has grown into a stronger economy while facing many challenges in the healthcare system.