KATHMANDU, July 8: Nepal has received medical aid from Israel to support the ongoing fight against COVID-19.
A special flight of Nepal Airlines brought from Israel a consignment of medical support on Thursday. The consignment consists of medical equipment and supplies including ventilators, oxygen concentrators, masks, PPEs and coverall, provided by the government and people of Israel as well as the Nepali community living in Israel
According to the Ministry of Foregin Affairs (MoFA), the Embassy of Nepal in Tel Aviv coordinated for mobilization of the support. The consignment was received by the representative of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu. Hanan Goder, Ambassador of Israel to Nepal and Harishchandra Ghimire, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were also present on the occasion.
Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited contributed a ventilator, 20 oxygen concentrators, 10,000 N95 and surgical masks and 2,000 gloves to the Ministry of Health and Population to support the government’s relief activities against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nepal has provided medical equipment and supplies to the government to help it tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
KATHMANDU, June 8: Responding to the request of Nepal, Germany has extended support of medical equipment and supplies to help Nepal fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roland Schafer, the German Ambassador to Nepal, handed over the consignment to Sher Bahadur Tamang, newly appointed Minister for Health and Population, at a brief ceremony held at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister Tamang thanked German government and people for their support. Hailing the German medical cooperation as a gesture befitting the longstanding Nepal-Germany friendship, the minister stated that the materials would be critical in containing the surge of COVID-19 cases and treatment of the affected people.
The German cooperation, being received under the European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism, includes 62 ventilators; 27,500 FFP2 masks; 30,000 surgical masks; 100 gumboots; 200 body bags; 5 isolation center tents; and 25,000 liters of disinfectant.
Kathmandu, May 23 Gorkha Brewery, in partnership with Singapore-based entities Temasek Foundation and Lotus Life Foundation, has handed over Covid-19 testing and treatment medical equipment worth Rs 200 million in total to the government on Sunday. The brewery says the aid includes equipment like ventilators, BiPAP machines, pulse oximeters, fortitude kit amongst others. The equipment […]
KATHMANDU, May 21: The Government of the People’s Republic of China, the Provincial Governments as well as other organizations in China have provided various life-saving medical equipment and supplies to help Nepal fight against Coronavirus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Issuing a press statement on Thursday, the Ministry said that China provided 3,500 oxygen cylinders and 10 ventilators as a part of grant assistance adding that 2,000 oxygen cylinders and 10 ventilators have already been airlifted in Kathmandu. The rest of the oxygen cylinders are being delivered at Rasuwagadhi border port shortly, it is said.
Similarly, another consignment of 40 portable ventilators, 20 automated analyzers, 10 DR machines, 20 portable ultrasound, and 30 anesthesia machines worth 5 million RMB is being handed over to the Nepali side at Tatopani border port by next week.
The Red Cross Society of China is providing Nepal Red Cross Society 90 oxygen concentrators, 2000 coverall and 700,000 surgical masks, which are being handed over today. Several private organizations in China have also provided medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators, oxygen regulators and valves, oxygen cylinders to Nepal, read the press statement issued by the Ministry.
Meanwhile, the Government of the People’s Republic of China has announced additional grant assistance of 5 million RMB under which items such as 650 oxygen concentrators, 20,000 oxygen nasal cannulas and 20,000 oxygen face masks will be provided to Nepal by next month, according to the Ministry.
Besides, the Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China has handed over the first batch of 150 liquid oxygen cylinders to the Consulate General of Nepal in Lhasa on Thursday. The donated Liquid Oxygen is equivalent to 30,000 liters of liquid oxygen. The liquid oxygen cylinders are expected to arrive in Tatopani border port on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the TAR Government of China has announced to provide additional medical equipment and materials that include 200 ICU beds, 5 ventilators, 10 oxygen concentrators, 800 oxygen gas cylinders with oxygen and 15,000 antigen kits.
Gorkha Brewery, a leading brewery of Nepal, in partnership with Singapore-based entities Temasek Foundation and Lotus Life Foundation, has provided Covid-19 testing and treatment medical equipment worth Rs 200 million in total to the government.
China has proposed establishing a joint mechanism with the involvement of various countries in South Asia including Nepal and China itself to ease the supply of medical equipment for the Covid-19 response.
