WHO Chief Pledges To Deliver 65 Tons Of Medical Equipment To Syria
Date
2/11/2023 10:03:09 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The World health Organization (WHO) has already delivered 35
metric tons of medical equipment to earthquake-hit Syria and will
deliver more in the coming days, Syria's SANA news agency quoted
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as saying, trend reports citing
tass .
'We brought in about 35 to 37 tons of medical and health
requirements, including antibiotics and biomedical equipment for
conducting small operations in the hospitals, asserting that the
shipment will enable the health workers to provide the required
health services to the affected,' Ghebreyesus said upon arrival to
the country's hardest-hit city of Aleppo on Saturday.
'Another plane will arrive in Syria during the coming two days,
loaded with 30 tons of medical requirements,' the Syrian news
agency quoted him as saying.
In turn, Syrian Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabbash emphasized
the importance of the visit, which will allow 'to assess the damage
inflicted by the earthquake and the reality of shortages of medical
equipment and medicines in hospitals.'
According to SANA's report, Ghebreyesus will also meet with the
governor of Aleppo and visit hospitals and temporary shelters for
earthquake survivors.
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