Kathmandu, November 3 : ActionAid Nepal has handed over 9,457 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) sets to the Ministry of Health and Population to support the health personnel working in testing and treatment of COVID-19 patients.
In a ceremony conducted at the ministry today, ActionAid Nepal’s Executive Director Ms. Sujeeta Mathema handed over the equipment sets worth NRs 16.2 million to the Minister of Health and Population Mr. Bhanubhakta Dhakal.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Secretary of Health Laxman Aryal expressed his gratitude and confidence that the protective equipment would help reduce the risks among the health personnel providing frontline services in the COVID-19 testing and treatment. “The ministry will distribute these items to areas that require them the most, allowing for our health workers to continue working to save people without the fear of their own lives “he added.
Also speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Padam Prasad Khatiwada, Vice Chairperson at the Social Welfare Council (SWC) recalled the request made to the nongovernment organizations to develop and implement programs in COVID-19 response and was pleased that ActionAid Nepal was doing the same by distribution of health and safety materials.
He expressed confidence that the materials distributed to the frontline workers through the ministry will support in the national campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The PPE sets will be distributed to the health personnel working in the Kathmandu Valley, Bardiya, Doti, Bajura, Siraha and other districts in collaboration with HBCC, DFID, Unilever and Standard Chartered Bank.
