DHAKA, Nov 9, 2024 (BSS) - Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) today gave free 
treatment and medicines to 200 underprivileged children at the Saint Martin 
Island in Cox's Bazar district. 

To provide the treatment, the maritime law enforcement force set up a 
temporary medical camp at the Mansul Ali Ship at the Island, in the 
northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9-km south of the tip of the 
Cox's Bazar-Teknaf.

The physicians and medical assistant of the Coast Guard extended required 
treatment and medicines to 200 underprivileged children free of cost from 
11:30 am to 3pm today, said Lieutenant Commander Khandaker Munif Taqi, media 
officer of the force's headquarters.

Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Zakir Hossain was present at that time.