Our Correspondent, Mymensingh

Two doctors in Kishoreganj are providing free medical service over mobile phones amid the ongoing coronavirus situation.

Dr Deen Mohammad and Dr Md Ataur Rahman mentioned their cellphone numbers on their Facebook accounts so that patients can contact them.

Deen Mohammad has been practicing in the town privately since he retired from Directorate General of Health Services as a director in 2014, said the physician.

Ataur Rahman is an assistant professor of medicine at Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College and Hospital, Kishoreganj.

Deen Mohammad said he started the free service in the first week of March. “Currently, I am responding to around 20 calls daily,” he said.

Dr Ataur said he is providing the service considering that many do not dare to go to hospital amid fear of being afflicted with Covid-19.

Mohammad Rubel from Kishoreganj’s Karimganj said he called Dr Ataur on March 23 and got suggestion on medication for dysentery, fever and cold.

Mithila Debnath, a university student, said she sent SMS to Dr Ataur for her ailing mother who was suffering from cough a week ago, and the doctor replied immediately.

Sohrab Hossain from Hossainpur upazila said he phoned Dr Deen Mohammad to seek suggestion for his three-year-old grandson who was suffering from fever and cough. “After medication, he is now doing well,” he added.

Similarly, Abdul Momen thanked the doctor as his child got cured from fever and cold related problems.