Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- Standard Chartered Bangladesh and the Bidyanondo Foundation are working together to provide healthcare support and essential medical services to 241,600 beneficiaries belonging to isolated char, riverbank-based communities, and other hard-to-reach areas across the country.

The Jibon Kheya - a floating hospital - will travel through the rivers of Bangladesh, service patients, and host health camps in Khulna & Barishal- the costal divisions, and Rajshahi, Rangpur- Northern divisions and Chattogram, according to a media release.

Doctors, nurses, medical officers, pharmacists, and other healthcare personnel will be aboard the vessel. In the first phase, the Jibon Kheya travelled across the nation's waters for 40 days and ma...