Health Ministry receives $122M in medical equipment from PAHO/WHO, India

The Ministry of Health on Monday received medical equipment from PAHO/WHO and  India valued at $122m to aid Guyana’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Public Information (DPI) said that the equipment was presented to the Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony by PAHO/WHO Representative to Guyana, Dr. Luis Felipe Codina and High Commissioner of India to Guyana, Dr. K. J. Srinivasa at a simple ceremony at the Ministry’s Central Supplies Unit, Mudflat, Kingston.

The PAHO/WHO donation included five ventilators and 24 Oxygen Concentrators, DPI said.