The Ministry receives medical supplies from UNICEF

UNICEF, with the help of Australia, has procured and brought the second consignment of oxygen concentrators and different essential systems to the Health Ministry in help of Sri Lanka’s ongoing reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2nd consignment of the system consists of 203 oxygen concentrators, one hundred oxygen go with the drift splitters, forty-two infusion pumps, forty-seven syringe pumps, 4 ventilators, 1,000 regulators, over 137,000 bacterial and viral filters and different essential systems. Supplies have been formally passed over to Health Minister Dr Keheliya Rambukwella via way of means of Acting High Commissioner Amanda Jewell and Christian Skoog, Representative, UNICEF Sri Lanka.

The Minister expressed his feeling for this contribution from Australia towards the battle against COVID-19 and also the macro tending system. The Minister is explicit that healthcare of the very best quality remains a mainstay of the govt. of Democratic so that Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka’s focus.

that important support, funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through (UNICEF) aims to ease the strain on the country’s healthcare system because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Acting Australian diplomatist Amanda Jewell aforesaid that Australia is proud to support Sri Lanka with desperately required life-saving medical instrumentation within the fight against COVID-19. this is often the second consignment of essential instrumentation that Australia has talented to the Ministry through the United Nations Children's Fund in response to the important wants to be known within the country. that Australia's that overalls package of support to the Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 response totals AUD 11.8 million and is concentrated on bolstering health security, promoting social cohesion and that stability for Sri Lankan communities, and so that supporting economic recovery.

This delivery equipment allows doctors to supply the treatment and care needed, not just for COVID-19 however conjointly different diseases that afflict the population, particularly girls and children aforesaid Christian Skoog, Representative, UNICEF Sri Lanka. that Using its acquisition experience to deliver such provides wherever they're required most in an exceedingly timely manner, United Nations Children's Fund is glad to be creating this vital contribution to Sri Lanka’s response to that pandemic.

The instrumentation are distributed to the Teaching Hospital, Ratnapura; Castle Street Hospital, Colombo 8; Provincial Department of Health Services, Ratnapura; Kethumathi Hospital, Panadura; the Medical provides Division and also the BioMedical Unit of the Health Ministry.