KATHMANDU: The government of Japan has provided 160 oxygen generators to Nepal in order to tackle COVID-19 pandemic. These medical equipment will be delivered to 58 hospitals around the country, the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu said.
The Japanese Ambassador Yutaka Kikuta, upon handing over the oxygen generators to Nepal, stated, “The long-awaited oxygen generators have finally arrived. These high-tech equipment can generate concentrated oxygen without oxygen cylinders, so hospitals can supply oxygen to patients immediately.”
Although they are not ventilators in ICUs, according to medical experts, they are quite useful for the certain level COVID-19 patients.
“We shall tackle the COVID-19 pandemic together, and overcome the difficult situation for all,” Ambassador Kikuta said.
The Government of Japan supports Nepal to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic by providing medical equipment under the Japanese Grant Aid. So far, 25 blood gas analyzers and 25 portable ultrasound image diagnostic systems have been installed and used at many hospitals across the country. What is more, Japan will provide 6 Made-in-Japan Ambulances in October to mitigate the shortage of ambulances in this pandemic, the Embassy informed.
These equipped ambulances will serve as mobile hospitals to manage an emergency care.
The Embassy hopes that this assistance for hospitals will save lives of many Nepali people who are suffering from COVID-19, we hope it will also ease the difficulties of medical professionals who work for them around-a-clock. The Embassy also hopes this will contribute towards further strengthening the relationship, friendship and cooperation
between the peoples of Japan and Nepal.
The government of Japan is one of the largest donor country to supporting Nepal’s health sector.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Kikuta, issuing a statement, has stated that Japan is working hard for the provision of vaccine as well.
He said, “On June 2, 2021, Japan co-hosted the COVAX AMC Summit with GAVI to secure the necessary COVID-19 vaccinations for all, including Napali friends. Prime Minister Suga and Foreign Minister Motegi attended the summit and pledged 800 million USD for further assistance, which would be 1,000 million USD in total, together with the previous pledged 200 million USD and it is presumably the second biggest commitment to COVAX facility as a single country only after the USA.”
