Sub-District Correspondent: Dulal Miah

On the occasion of World Father’s Day, Universal Medical College Hospital organised a month-long digital campaign titled ‘In Father’s Care’ under the slogan “Healthy Father, Safe Family.” Five winners of the campaign were felicitated at a ceremony held on Monday (17 August) afternoon in the meeting room of the hospital located at Mohakhali in the capital.

Five winners were selected from numerous stories written about love, memories and feelings for fathers. They are — Sumaiya Jahan (Father: Ahmed Hossain, Brahmanbaria), Lucky Akter Seema (Father: Montaj Uddin Akond, Gazipur), Taiyeba Tasbin Lamia (Father: S M Ataur Rahman, Narayanganj), Fariha Ridila (Father: Farukul Islam, Mymensingh) and Kazi Milha (Father: Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Dhaka).

Special gifts, a complete free health check-up package and a special health card were handed over to the winners and their fathers. Through this card, they and their families will receive priority and special benefits in the hospital’s healthcare services.

The main discussant of the programme was the distinguished short-story writer, former President of the National Council of Prothom Alo Bondhushabha and Director (Club & Welfare) of Daily Agamir Shomoy newspaper, Saiduzzaman Rawshan (Dantya Rawshan).

Present at the event were Dr. Ashish Kumar Chakraborty, Managing Director of Universal Medical College Hospital; Head of Corporate Neeta Chakraborty; senior officials of the hospital, physicians and invited guests.

The speakers said that ensuring the good health of the father, the banyan tree of the family, is the moral responsibility of every child. Universal Medical College Hospital has taken this humanitarian initiative as part of its social responsibility. It was expressed that such campaigns for the protection of fathers’ health will continue in the future as well.

It is worth mentioning that Universal Medical College Hospital has for a long time been organising the Garobini Ma honour on World Mother’s Day, the ‘Top Ten Genius Intern Doctors’ award for the top ten meritorious doctors in the MBBS final examination, the Ashutosh Chakraborty Memorial Education Scholarship among meritorious students in Sarail of Brahmanbaria, and free medical camps on special days. The programme was conducted by the hospital’s Head of Brand C. F. Zaman.