The New Nation - Internet Edition

Donations continue for the construction of Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH). Four daughters of late Sirajul Islam Chowdhury Prof. Nazma Shams, non Resident Bangladeshis in Australia Tasneem Ahmed, Samia Ahmed and Dr. Nasrin Moin have jointly donated Tk. 15 lakh for the construction of AMCH at Uttara in the capital.

Prof. Nazma Shams, wife of former Chief National Commissioner of Scouts late Nurul Islam Shams and her younger sister Tasneem Ahmed on behalf of the sisters handed over a cheque for Tk. 5 lakh to Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) General Secretary Md. Ziauddin yesterday at DAM Bhaban, Dhanmondi. For this donation one bed of the hospital will be dedicated in the name of their late grandfather Khwaja Khanbahadur Maharam Ali Chowdhury.

AMCH Managing Director M. Fazlur Rahman and Project Director Dr. Md. Lutfar Rahman were present on the occasion.

Accepting the cheque DAM General Secretary Md. Ziauddin said that a total amount of Taka 256 crore is needed to complete and commission the Hospital. He appealed to corporate sector and everybody to come forward with generous support for this humanitarian project.