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Karuna Foundation hands over oxygen concentrators

Kathmandu, May 16

Karuna Foundation Nepal has handed over 30 oxygen concentrators to five different hospitals across the country.

The foundation distributed the machines collected by helping hands in the Netherlands to them on Friday.

Foundation chairman Dr. Bhagwan Koirala and Executive Director Dipak Raj Sapkota handed over eight concentrators weighing 7 kilograms each to Dhulikhel Hospital, eight to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, 10 to Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, two each to Tikapur Hospital and Adara Humla.

It also said that initiatives were being taken to arrange more oxygen concentrators.

"Our efforts are focused on arranging the life-saving items," said Sapkota.

The organisation had also handed over various equipment, including ICU beds, PPE sets, medical kits and food items to different organisations and individuals during the previous lockdown. 

 Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 17 May 2021. 

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