Covid-19: Connect the Dots provides oxygen cylinders for free
The organisation has, so far, assisted 16 patients with oxygen cylinders. However, one of them has died
Charity foundation "Connect the Dots" is providing oxygen cylinders for free to patients infected with the novel Coronavirus in Chattogram.
The organisation launched the service with a total of 20 cylinders to alleviate the oxygen crisis in the treatment of patients amid the growing number of Covid-19 cases in the port city.
When a section of unscrupulous traders hiked the prices of oxygen cylinders amid high demand, Connect the Dots started providing it for free.
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Riad who recently recovered from the Covid-19 said after being infected with the deadly virus, he suddenly started having breathing problems in the last week. Then, he called Connect the Dots and a volunteer delivered the oxygen cylinder at 11:30pm. Later, he returned the cylinder after getting recovered.
Rifat, a volunteer of the organization, said the organisation has, so far, assisted 16 patients with oxygen cylinders. However, one of them has died.
Roksana Shahriar, co-founder of Connect the Dots, said, "We have 20 cylinders ready and in a few days four to five oxygen concentrators will be collected."
To get the service, one of the guarantors of the patient has to submit a copy of his ID card, she added.
Roksana also said they maintain a roster to keep a record that cylinders are going to which patients, when those are coming back, are being refilled later or being delivered to new patients.
