The UNDP Nepal today handed over medical equipment and supplies to Nepal to help fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senior officials of the Ministry of Health and Population received 200 units of BioMedical Oxygen Concentrators 5L and 200 units of BioMedical Oxygen Concentrators 10L from Ayshanie Medagangoda-Labé, Resident Representative to the UNDP, Nepal at a brief ceremony at the Ministry of Health and Population. Representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and Population, UNDP as well as WHO were also present at the ceremony.
These medical items will be distributed to all seven Provincial authorities soon, the Ministry of Foreign affairs said in a press statement.
Meanwhile, the Government of Nepal has expressed gratitude to the UNDP Nepal for its valuable support of critical medical items at a time Nepal is fighting against the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.