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Bangladesh Coast Guard members provides free treatment and medicines to the underprivileged at the St Martins Island in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Saturday. | Press release聽photo

Bangladesh Coast Guard on Saturday gave free treatment and medicines to over 200 underprivileged children at the St Martins Island in Cox鈥檚 Bazar.

For the health campaign, the maritime law enforcement force set up a temporary medical camp at the Mansur Ali Ship at the island, said a press release.


The physicians and medical assistant of the coast guard extended required treatment and medicines to the underprivileged children free of cost from 11:30am to 3:00pm, said lieutenant commander Khandaker Munif Taqi, media officer of the force鈥檚 headquarters.

Surgeon lieutenant commander Zakir Hossain was present at the event.