Coronavirus: Epyllion group donates PPEs to hospitals

Epyllion Group, a leading business house in knitwear and garments sector of the country, has distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) to several hospitals in Dhaka in a bid to ensure safety of health-service providers fighting against Covid-19.

The Epyllion Foundation, a concern of the business house, and its lifestyle brand Sailor, has distributed the PPEs to Mugda General Hospital and Dhaka Medical College Hospital for safety of healthcare professionals.

Earlier, the organization donated PPEs to Birdem General Hospital, Kurmitola General Hospital, Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, Anjuman Mufidul Islam, and some other organizations involved in coronavirus management.

Photo: CourtesyThe group will provide PPEs to Dhaka Mahanagar Hospital, Chittagong Medical College, some voluntary organizations, and some district and upazila level organizations within the next week.

Donations include protective gowns, eye protector safety goggles, surgical masks, N95 masks, infrared thermometers, hand gloves, Savlon, and sanitizing hand-rubs.

Under its first lot, the group will provide 70,000 PPEs to different organizations while awareness campaigns will continue in different districts and upazilas. 

Photo: CourtesyCovid-19 has so far infected 164 people and killed 17 people in Bangladesh.

Globally, the outbreak has infected 1,431,944 people and killed 82,085 people thus far.