The rite presided over by Archbishop Bejoy N. D'Cruze in St Mary's Cathedral. ‘A gift to strengthen the various activities at the service of the diocese’. From the new bishop, who is 61 years old, the invitation to the people of God to support his ministry with prayer.
Bangladesh is facing the worst dengue outbreak in its history with hospitals overwhelmed and more than 1,500 deaths this year. No “dengue patients have died during treatment” at St. John Vianney Hospital, which opened in the capital in 2019. “We encourage patients to receive treatment,” said the hospital director, Fr Kamal Corraya, who also noted that the quality care is for everyone.