The Ministry of Health, (MOH) organized a
ceremony with UNOPS to handover the first batch of 40 essential High-flow
Oxygen machines and 100 Syringe Pumps for use in COVID-19 treatment Centres
in Sri Lanka, on 12 May 2021.The
equipment handed is part of the World Bank’s emergency procurement support to
COVID-19 response projects valued at over
US$
6.4 million.
The total amount of
oxygen related COVID-19 equipment under the project is estimated to be over US$
2 million
The event was attended by the Minister of Health, Pavithra Wanniarachchi, World Bank Project Director Dr. Jayasundara Bandara, senior officials from the Ministry of Health including the Deputy Director-general, Department of Biomedicine and Medical Supplies Janapriya Karunatilake and Sudhir Muralidharan, UNOPS Country Manager Sri Lanka and Maldives.