Coca-Cola, NRCS donate safety equipment to govt

 Kathmandu, Nov. 19

Coca-Cola and Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) have started the second phase of handing over safety gears and equipment worth Rs. 14 million to various hospitals and volunteers to enhance the safety of health workers, patients and volunteers working at frontline amidst Covid-19 pandemic.

Under this partnership, ventilators will be handed over to the major hospitals in all the seven provinces of the country and personal safety equipment will be handed over to the health workers and volunteers, they said in a press statement on Thursday.

The campaign kicked off on Thursday in the presence of Minister for Health and Population Bhanubhakta Dhakal at the Ministry of Health and Population.

It plans to provide ventilators to major hospitals of all seven provinces.

Expecting the health ordinance brought by the government to ease the fight against the pandemic, Minister Dhakal said, “The cooperation and support of all stakeholders as our obligation to fight the pandemic amidst various shortages is commendable.”

Minister Dhakal handed over the equipment provided by NRCS and Coca-Cola to the Sagar Rajkarnikar, Director, Sukraraj Tropical and Communicable Diseases Hospital, Teku.

Equipment included 100 set safety glasses, 120 Box Surgical mask, 150 set PPE, 50 box gloves and 200 set KN ​​95 masks.

Similarly, 48,000 units of surgical masks, 1,600 units of KN-95 Masks, 550 sets of PPE, 400 pairs of safety glasses and 10,000 pairs of gloves along with one ventilator each will be handed over to the designated hospitals in seven provinces within the next two weeks.

According to them, arrangements have been made to handover the equipments to Koshi Zonal Hospital Morang, Narayani Sub-Regional Hospital Parsa, Bharatpur Hospital Chitwan, Pokhara Health Science Hospital Kaski, Bheri Zonal Hospital Banke, Midwest Regional Hospital Surkhet and Seti Zonal Hospital Kailali.