Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 25
The UK will send more than 600 pieces of vital medical equipment to India to support its fight against Covid.
The assistance package includes ventilators and oxygen concentrators from surplus stock. It will be used by the government to provide vital medical treatment to those suffering from Covid in India.
Following discussions with the Indian Government, the first shipment of equipment will arrive here in the early hours of Tuesday. Further shipments are due to follow later this week, said a UK Government statement.
In total, nine airline container loads of supplies, including 495 oxygen concentrators, 120 non-invasive ventilators and 20 manual ventilators, will be sent to the country this week.
The oxygen concentrators can extract oxygen from the air in the atmosphere so that it can be provided to patients, taking the strain off hospital oxygen systems and allowing oxygen to be provided in situations where hospital oxygen supplies have run out.
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