German NGOs ready to help Nepal in battle against Covid-19
KATHMANDU: The Germany-based non-government organizations (NGOs) have expressed interest in sending medical supplies to Nepal as the country is struggling with the surging cases of Covid-19.
Earlier, the government appealed for international help in its fight against the pandemic.
Taking part in a Webinar organized here Friday by the NGO Forum, around 60 Germany-based NGOs announced to extend medical support to Nepal under humanitarian assistance. The program was facilitated by the German-Nepal Friendship Association.
Nepal’s Ambassador for Germany, Ram Kaji Khadka, apprised the session that the infected were finding hard to obtain timely medical care as with the rising of cases, hospitals were facing a shortage of testing kits, ventilators, ICU beds, portable digital X-ray machines, thermal guns, oximeters, PPEs and other equipment crucial for the prevention and the treatment of Covid-19.