KATHMANDU, Aug 23: Save the Children under the Global Fund Project handed over seven units of mechanical ventilators to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Sunday.
The full-fledged ICU ventilators worth Rs 17,530,537.50 will be used for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, according to a press release issued by Save the Children on Sunday afternoon.
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“Responding to the acute shortage of ICU ventilators, Save the Children under the Global Fund Project is supporting seven units of mechanical ventilators to further strengthen the government’s COVID-19 response, and ensure that critical life-saving support is provided to the most marginalized, especially, women, and children,” Virendra Thagunna, the acting deputy country director of Save the Children, said
With the alarming rise of COVID-19 cases in the country, there has been an increase in demand for ventilators to provide treatment to COVID-19 patients. The ventilators will be installed in MoHP identified sites, according to the press release.
As part of the COVID-19 response, Save the Children through the Global Fund project has also handed over a high throughput PCR sample extraction machine to the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL). Along with 20,000 pcs of RNA extraction reagents, and 20,000 pcs of 20,000 of RT-PCR reagents to use in PCR testing labs all over Nepal.
