The Rotary Club of Baridhara is deepening its support for child healthcare in Dhaka by helping Bangladesh Shishu Hospital with medicines, medical tools, and upgraded treatment services for children from low-income families. One of its main efforts is a Medicine Bank that supplies drugs to poor children, especially those receiving cancer care. Club members say the idea has grown over several years and has become one of their most important service projects. The latest medicine handover is part of that continuing work and adds to earlier donations that began with a refrigerator for the hospital’s cancer department and medicines worth Tk1,60,000 for needy patients. Since then, the club has expanded its support sharply, with total medicine donations for underprivileged cancer patients now reaching Tk11,80,000. The club has also gone beyond medicine support and worked on other health projects that improve the hospital’s ability to treat children with serious illnesses. Under a global grant focused on maternal and child health, it provided modern equipment to the hospital’s nephrology department and pediatric intensive care unit, while also helping turn a general renal ward into a Special Care Renal Ward. That upgrade is important because children with kidney disease often need closer monitoring and more advanced care than a regular ward can offer. The new equipment now helps the hospital carry out around 100 renal biopsy procedures each year and gives about 20 patients access to central line insertion services annually. A Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy machine was also added to support very sick children who need critical renal care. The club had earlier supported the hospital’s neuroscience department by providing psychometric assessment tools for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, helping doctors evaluate neurocognitive and neurodevelopmental conditions more effectively. Those tools have already served thousands of patients and continue to add value to the hospital’s work. Together, these efforts show a practical model of community support: medicine for immediate need, equipment for better treatment, and training tools for stronger diagnosis. For families who struggle to afford care, such help can make a real difference by reducing cost pressure and improving access to treatment. The club says it remains committed to continuing these humanitarian projects and to supporting hospitals that serve children who need help the most.
