Burn is an extremely impressive injury that can cause death, disability and trauma. It can also cause psychosocial issue that can haunt the victim for life. In Bangladesh each year on average 400,000 people get affected by thermal, electrical and chemical burn. Close to two-third of burn victims are due to thermal causes, almost one-third is due to electrical accidents and a small amount due to chemical and explosives. Majority victims are from working class people who are under-educated and financially disadvantaged. Dhaka Medical College being the central reference point, many of these victims are sent to the capital for government supported treatment at the burn and plastic surgery department. This causes a huge influx of patients at the DMCH which runs into hard time to adequately provide services.

Even though medical service is free at DMCH, in most cases patients need to pay a minimum fee for medicine and surgical materials. Many of these patients are coming from so poor background that they can’t even afford to pay that minimum fee. SpaandanB comes to play in this respect and tries to provide the minimum financial support to these victims. SpaandanB officials work close with the doctors of burn unit. When a doctor feels that a patient needs financial service, he/she refers the case to SpaandanB. Based on the case, SpaandanB Bangladesh office disburses the fund in one or multiple installments. In few select cases, SpaandanB takes the service to one more step to rehabilitate the patients.Time to time, SpaandanB procures equipment for the center to increase the impact.