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SCB, icddr,b to strengthen rural healthcare with critical oxygen support in marginal communities

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has partnered with icddr,b to donate and distribute 80 high-capacity oxygen concentrators to rural healthcare facilities in different regions of Dhaka, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Khulna. The initiative aims to address critical oxygen shortages in marginal areas, where secondary respiratory complications are prevalent and very common, particularly among...…

SCB, icddr,b to strengthen rural healthcare with critical oxygen support in marginal communities

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