India got 3L Remdesivir vials, over 6K O2 concentrators from abroad


New Delhi, May 9 (IANS): India has cumulatively has received three lakh Remdesivir vials, 6,738 oxygen concentrators, 3,856 oxygen cylinders and 16 oxygen generation plants from the global community in the last 13 days, an official statement said on Sunday.

A total of 4,668 ventilators or Bi PAP were also sent to India from April 27 to May 8.

The major items received on Saturday from Canada, Thailand, the Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, Israel, the US, Japan, Malaysia, US (GILEAD), US (salesforce) and Indian community in Thailand include 2,404 oxygen concentrators, 25,000 Remdesivir vials, 218 ventilators, and 6,92,208 testing kits.

A coordination cell has been created in the Union Health Ministry to coordinate the receipt and allocation of foreign Covid relief material. This cell started functioning from April 26, and Standard Operating Procedure has been framed and implemented by the Health Ministry since May 2, the statement said.

According to the statement, the Central government has designed a streamlined mechanism for effective allocation and prompt distribution of the supplies received by India. This will help to supplement the medical infrastructure of the tertiary care institutions and recipient states and UTs, and strengthen their clinical management of the hospitalised Covid-19 patients.

India has been receiving international aid of Covid-19 medical supplies and equipment since April 27 from different countries and organisations.

AIIMS Director, Professor Randeep Guleria, on Sunday thanked all for sending foreign aid in form of medical equipment - ventilators, oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrators to fight huge surge of cases.

 

  

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  • Vicky, Damaskatte

    Mon, May 10 2021

    REMDESIVIR is primarily for treatment of Ebola Virus. REMDESIVIR is developed by a california based Tamilian guy Mr.Ramesh E.M alongwith his Czech team.

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  • Rita, Germany

    Mon, May 10 2021

    I get really high blood pressure when I hear this ,about help had arrived from all corners of the world and People died without getting any oxygen ,and medicine,receiving a huge sum of money from people ,hiding medicine and oxygen ,let people die.without beds.Feel at any minute may explode.How many lives could have been saved.!Receiving money for donated things.India you should really feel ashamed.what would these countries feel and say to our heroic action?Where is our PM?HIding?Does he feel like a PM at this or a initiator of this?Even I know a military flight was sent from Germany with respiratory helps ,concntrated oxygen and other things.But was nt mentioned at any time.where are all things gone?Even from UAE ,or other countries?Kept inside for private patients or to sell later by agents?

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Sun, May 09 2021

    ‘Pharmacy of the World’ is becoming famous by ‘Indian Variant’ mutant to the world. If our own medicine can not cure and control the virus then who wants our vaccine.

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