A consignment of medicines valued at Tk97.48 crore has arrived at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) from the United States.
US-based humanitarian organisation Direct Relief supplied the medicines, which reached the hospital in three phases. The latest batch arrived on Wednesday.
Medicine Department Azizul Haque Azad coordinated the import and said the medicines will be distributed free among underprivileged admitted patients.
The shipment includes Dupilumab and Sarilumab injections used for asthma, COPD and rheumatoid arthritis, along with other medicines including Factor VIII and Docetaxel.
Azizul added that RMCH Director Brig Gen PKM Masud Ul Islam and DG of Drug Administration Major Gen Shamim Haider provided support for the import.
