Summit Group, one of the largest infrastructure conglomerates of the country employing over 6,000 people, on Tuesday signed an employee healthcare service agreement with Bangladesh Specialized Hospital (BSH) to combat COVID-19, a press statement said.

Summit along with its partner JERA, Japan’s largest energy company, has provided four ventilators and one RT-PCR Machine to the hospital.

Founder Chairman of Summit Group of Companies Muhammed Aziz Khan said, “Employees of Summit are its best assets. I am delighted that we are signing this healthcare service agreement with Bangladesh Specialized Hospital that would take care of our Bangladeshi employees, staff and workers given COVID care is absolutely in short supply in the world.”

President of JERA Satoshi Onoda said, “We are contributing to the development of Bangladesh through our energy businesses together with Summit Power International, our key partner. This initiative was prompted by a request from Muhammed Aziz Khan, Chairman of Summit Group, which supports measures to combat COVID-19 in Bangladesh. I sincerely hope that the provided medical supplies will help combat COVID-19 in the country and that the situation will improve as quickly as possible.”

Summit’s subsidiaries includes power generation, tele-communication, internet connectivity, energy import and port management infrastructures which have been identified as ‘essential services’ during this lockdown. The employees of Summit have been providing infrastructural services continuously in this unprecedented time. To support the employees of Summit and their dependents, the organisation has made this strategic healthcare agreement with the hospital, the statement said.

Vice-Chairmen of Summit Group Farid Khan and Latif Khan, Directors Azeeza Aziz Khan, Fadiah Khan and Salman Khan, Adviser Rear Admiral Riazuddin Ahmed (Retd), MD and CEO of Summit Communications Arif Al Islam, MD of Summit Gazipur II Power Engr Mozammel Hossain, MD of Summit Technopolis Abu Reza Khan, MD and CEO of Summit Bibiyana Power SM Noor Uddin, Chairman of Bangladesh Specialized Hospital Dr Mahbubur Rahman Chowdhury and other senior officials of the hospital were present at the virtual signing ceremony.

NS