There are several allied organizations within the
campus that provide support to and augment the academic, clinical and social
service activities provided by the college. In the hospital also, there are
similar organizations that voluntarily provide financial and other assistance to
the needy patients coming for treatement to this hospital. Some of these
organizations are:
Social Welfare Department
Located in the first floor of the hospital building. This department is run by the
Ministry of Social Welfare, the Government of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh. It is concerned with providing assistance to the poor patients in
the form of helping them to buy medicine or to pay other expenses. The
organization is supported by the Government grants and public donations.
Sandhani
Literally means the “Searchers”. This is a unique voluntary welfare organization
conducted by the medical and dental students of Bangladesh. After its
establishment in 1982, Sandhani Chittagong Medical College unitquickly endeared
itself to all countrymen and has indeed become a model to other benevolent
organizations of the same nature. It provides approximately 65% of the blood and
about 60 corneas needed in the greater Chittagong division per year. The
activities are entirely voluntary and includes (i) voluntary blood donation
supported by its own blood bank, (ii) Collection, preservation and distribution
of cornea to the persons with cornea related blindness, (iii) Supply of medicine
to the poor and needy patients through drug bank. (iv) Hepatitis B vaccination
program, (v) Disaster and relief work participation (vi) General health checkup
and (vii) Motivation program on health in schools and colleges and many others.
The most acclaimed part of the activities of these voluntary organizations are
motivating general mass and thereby encouraging them to donate blood to the
fellow patients for serving lives, cornea posthumously to help a blind person to
see and even donate body posthumously to aid in scientific research and teaching
in relevant fields (including organ transplant). This non-political organization
has received Commonwealth Youth Service Award ’95, Sadhinota Podok ’04 and many
other awards for its unique contribution in the field of health and social
welfare.
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Working for assistance & Support to Leukemia patients in Paediatric Ward, CMCH.