DHAKA, April 22, 2020 (BSS) – Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB),
the oldest and biggest platform of country’s engineers, today launched free
telemedicine service for all amid the ongoing coronavirus transmission
crisis.
Any citizen can avail the service from 11am to 11pm from anywhere across
the country by dialling 09611888111 number. A total of 34 specialized doctors
would provide the service round the clock at fully free of cost.
If any patient wants to show his diagnosis report to his doctor, he can
sent that as attachment on e-mail address [email protected] with
doctor’s name and code on the subject. The doctor will look into the report
and set further steps for the patient and let him know.
“If anyone makes any unnecessary and unwanted call, the caller would be
blacklisted and law enforcement agencies would be informed,” a press release
said.
Launching the service through video conference, Posts and
Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar said because of the initiative of
IEB, any person would be able to enjoy the benefit easily and free of cost.
The minister assured all kind of support from the government in this
regard and urged IEB authorities to bring the service under an app.
IEB president and Awami League Science and Technology Affairs Secretary
Engineer Md Abdus Sabur presided over the video conference, which was also
joined by IEB honorary general secretary Khandker Manjur Morshed, former
director of IEDCR Dr Md Eusuf, ENT specialist Lt Col Dr Bashir Ahmed,
orthopaedic surgeon Dr Saifuddin Ahmed, Dr Saida Maksuda Morshed, Dr Rokeya
KHatun and Dr Rumana Akhter, among others.