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GP's Clinics on Wheels for the coastal poor

Star Business Report
Grameenphone, the leading private mobile phone operator, has introduced two movable clinic styled 'Clinic on Wheels' to provide medical services to the poor people in the coastal areas.
Under the company's 'Safe Motherhood and Infant Care Project, these clinics will provide pre- and post-natal care for mothers and immunization and other medical treatment for children.
Facilities for consultation, physical examination, mini pharmacy and few basic laboratory investigation services will be provided from the clinics fully equipped with professional staffs. These will also be able to go for nor surgeries, such as repairing small cutting wounds
“The clinics-on-wheels are expected to increase the accessibility of maternal and infant healthcare services to the hard-to-reach economically disadvantaged popula-
tion,” said Anders Jensen, chief executive officer of Grameenphone.
Grameenphone started its journey as country's first GSM operator 11 years back with a slogan of “good development is good business".
The company focuses under its corporate social responsibility involvement on three main areas: Health, education and empowerment.
It reached al7.20million subscription base as of February 2008 and invested $11 billion in the telecom sectorsince 1997.
Family Development Services and Research (FDSR) and Swanirbhar Bangladesh, two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will operate the two clinics.
The Garmeenphone CEO handed over the charge of operation the representatives of these two NGOs at a programme at Garmeen's head office in Dhaka yesterday.
Yamin Bakht, director of public relations division, and Shubhashish Priya Barua, head of CSR. were present on behalf of the Grameenphone. Belayet Hossain, senior health adviser from USAID, Professor Dr Zahid Hasan, treasurer of FDSR, Al-Husainy, executive chairman of Swanirbhar Bangladesh, were also present at the programme.
As part of its CSR activities, Grameenphone launched the nationwide Safe Motherhood and Infant Care Project in partnership with Service Delivery Programme (NSDP) of USAID May 2007.
From August 2007 to January 2008, around 5.58 lakh economically disadvantaged mothers and infants have received free healthcare services under this project. The project, which aims to reach around 800,000 poorest of the poor mothers and infants annually, runs 317 clinics named 'Similing Sun,' according to the company officials.