Health

Health is another sector that we focus on under our CSR initiatives. Preventive and curative healthcare support assistance for the underprivileged population; assistances including direct grants towards costs of curative treatment of poor vulnerable individual patients for expensive treatments (e.g. cancer, kidney disease, heart disease, liver disease, accidental operation, fire burn, acid burn, cataract eye operation, etc); costs of construction and running hospitals, diagnostic centers and eye hospitals engaged substantially in the treatment of patients from the underprivileged population; ophthalmological operations of poor born blind children for free of cost; costs of preventive public health and hygiene initiatives like provision of safe drinking water, hygienic toilet facilities for poor households and for the floating population in urban areas; costs of preventive public health for combating pandemics and epidemics like COVID-19, SARS, AIDS, dengue, malaria, and other fatal diseases are some of the sectors that we consider for making donations under ‘Health’ as part of our CSR initiatives. In 2022 and 2023, an amount of Tk.273.76 million was donated to more than 153793 individuals and a numerous others through 14 different projects/events.

 

Ma-Amiran Hospital & Diagnostic Center, Malkhanagar, Sirajdikhan, Munshigonj

We have a project of construction & running of Ma-Amiran Hospital & Diagnostic Center which is for the poor and needy people of Munshigonj District & surrounding areas. With a view to implement the guidelines of Bangladesh Bank for conducting larger CSR activities through foundation, Bank Asia Foundation has started its journey in 2014. Mr. A Rouf Chowdhury, former Chairman of the Bank, has donated a huge quantum of land along with three storied building at Malkhanagar, Sirajdikhan, Munshigonj for construction of Ma-Amiran Hospital & Diagnostic Center which runs under Bank Asia Foundation. An amount of Tk.66.15 million was paid through Bank Asia Foundation for construction & running of the hospital in 2022 and 2023.

 

Treatment of Born Blind Children

Every child in the society has the right to go ahead with their own eyesight. Keeping this in mind, Bank Asia has been providing free eye care treatment to under privileged born blind children since 2005. Bangladesh Eye Hospital is the only partner in this great social work through a sophisticated treatment and nursing. Till June 2023, as many as 1169 born blind children from all over the country got treatment and got their eyesight through this unique program.

 

Preventive public health for combating COVID-19 pandemic

The entire world suffered from COVID-19 and Bangladesh is not an exception. Bank Asia spent an amount of Tk.20.36 million throughout the country to fight the COVID-19 pandemics among which an amount of Tk.1.54 million was used to provide free medicine and preventive health equipment to 153600 individuals.