The UNOPS handed over the first batch of 40 essential High-flow Oxygen machines and 100 Syringe Pumps for use in COVID-19 Treatment Centres at the Health Ministry earlier this month. The equipment 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. Health Minister.
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.
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