Summit Group chairman Muhammed Aziz Khan will donate a total of 1 million dollar to the icddr,b hospital鈥檚 endowment fund, said a press release on Sunday.
In a recent visit to the icddr,b hospital, Muhammed Aziz Khan, accompanied by his wife Anjuman Aziz Khan and daughter Azeeza Aziz Khan, both directors of Summit Group, were overwhelmed by witnessing the high number of patients, it said.
Tahmeed Ahmed, executive director of icddr,b, explained that currently icddr,b hospitals are providing treatment to a record-high number of patients, since its inception in the 1960s, free-of-charge.
In response, Muhammed Aziz Khan pledged to donate 0.5 million dollar from Summit Corporation personally, and along with his wife, a matching fund from the Anjuman & Aziz Charitable Trust, a total of 1 Million dollar to icddr,b hospital endowment fund.
The Summit Group chairman remarked, 鈥業t is a privilege and honour for me and my family to be able to support the humanitarian works that icddr,b does. We are humbled to support its research which saved hundreds of millions of children.鈥�
Tahmeed appreciated and expressed his gratitude to Mr and Mrs Khan as well as Summit Corporation Limited for their pledge.
He said, 鈥楳r Muhammed Aziz Khan and Mrs Anjuman Aziz Khan surprised us by pledging 1 million dollar, which will considerably boost our strive to achieve our target. We are enormously grateful to them and the Summit Corporation for their generosity.鈥�