Free Cancer Treatment By Ahsania Mission and Grameenphone, Bangladesh

Based on estimates of the Bangladesh Cancer Society there are about 1,000,000 cancer patients in Bangladesh. Each year about 200,000 new cancer patients are added and 150,000 die from the disease. Despite the numbers, existing cancer treatment facilities in Bangladesh are extremely limited and only 15,000 patients receive the proper medical treatment each year.

Dhaka Ahsania Mission established the Ahsania Mission Cancer and General Hospital, which is a specialized institution to create awareness about Cancer. The hospital provides high quality diagnostic and therapeutic care to ease the suffering of patients with cancer on a NO-PROFIT-NO-LOSS basis. The Mission is working to develop the hospital into a centre of excellence in the country in the field of cancer control (education, awareness creation, diagnosis, treatment and research on cancer).

The sole telecom partner, Grameenphone will also work with the Dhaka Ahsania Mission authorities to screen the patients who are to admitted to those wards to ensure proper utilization. One third of the wards sponsored by GP will be reserved for more economically disadvantaged patients who will receive free admission and full treatment; the rest of the disadvantaged patients screened will receive treatment, which will be subsidized by Grameenphone.

Contact Address:

HEAD OFFICE:

Dhaka Ahsania Mission
House # 19, Road # 12
Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1209
Bangladesh
Telephone: (880-2) 8119521-22, 9123402, 9123420
Fax: (880-2) 8113010, 8118522

Mr. Kazi Rafiqul Alam
President
Email: kr.alam@ahsaniamission.org
Telephone: (880-2) 8115909

Mr. M. Ehsanur Rahman
Executive Director
Email: ehsan1155@gmail.com
Telephone: (880-2) 9145104

UK OFFICE:

Mrs. Zina Fear
4, Hayne Close
Tipton St. John, Sidmouth
Devon, EX10 OBA
U.K.
Phone: +44-01404-813996
Email: zinafear@aol.com

USA OFFICE:

Dr. Mansurul Khan
82-59, 247 Street
Bellerose, New York 11426
Telephone: 718-938-9451
Email : mansurulkhan@yahoo.com

PAKISTAN OFFICE

Ms. Mehnaz Ansar Khan
Deputy Country Director and Officer-in-Charge
House # 4, Street # 4, F-8/3, Islamabad
Telephone: +92 51 228 7114 and +92 51 226 0508
Cell: 0333-420-4299
Email: mkhan_mgt@hotmail.com

REPRENTATIVE IN INDIA:

Mrs. Nishat Farooq
J 346 Sarita Vihar
New Delhi-110025, India
Telephone: 11-2682-2879
Email: nishatfarooq@gmail.com