Former Buet students donate disinfectant chamber to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Hospital

Former students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) have donated an international standard locally made disinfectant chamber to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Hospital.

Total 11 students of Buet's batch of 1997 came together with the initiative to support the hospital which is currently treating Covid-19 patients.

A press release was issued in this regard.

The disinfectant chamber named "SAFE2DOFF" was handed over to the Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Hospital's Director Dr Sarwar in an event held on Wednesday.

As of Wednesday, Bangladesh had confirmed 17,822 coronavirus cases, with the death toll rising to 269 after 19 new fatalities were reported.

Till now the fast-spreading coronavirus has claimed more than 293,000 lives and infected more than 4,364,000 people globally, according to Worldometer.

As many as 1,613,429 people have recovered from Covid-19, which has spread to 210 countries and territories across the world.