Quamrul Ahsan Kabir of Betagi in Barguna district has won the first prize of Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) Lottery-2010 amounting to Tk 30 lakh. Md Akter Hossain of Indira Road, Dhaka won the third prize amounting to Tk 70 thousand while Fazilatunnessa of Chapainawabganj won the 5 thousand taka prize. State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Capt. (Retd.) Majibur Rahman Fakir MP, distributed the prize money among the winners who were present at a formal ceremony held at Dhaka Ahsania Mission Bhaban auditorium (House-19, Road-12 New, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka-1209) in the city on Thursday, 29 April, 2010. Dhaka Ahsania Mission President Kazi Rafiqul Alam chaired the occasion while it was addressed by, among others, Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) Advisor and former Secretary Mohammad Ali. While speaking, first prize winner Quamrul Ahsan Kabir said, I am lucky for winning the prize. Previously, I could not even believe that anybody can get lottery prize. I shall spend entire prize money for education of my children. In his address, State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Capt. (Retd.) Majibur Rahman Fakir MP said, the government will extend allout cooperation for construction of the cancer hospital. The government will do the needful for reaching healthcare service to the doorsteps of general people at grassroots level. In the meantime, 90% community clinics have been relaunched. The process of employment of 14,000 doctors, nurses, health workers and other personnel have been completed. Thirty-two thousand more manpower will be employed in the next year. While addressing, Dhaka Ahsania Mission President Kazi Rafiqul Alam said, an amount of Tk 4crore has been collected from this year’s lottery. He expressed his gratitude to the government and people from all walks of life for their whole-hearted cooperation in this noble endeavour. He expressed his optimism that Ahsania Mission would be able to collect more 16crore taka with whole-hearted cooperation of people which will help commission the hospital at initial stage.