8th consignment of protective equipment for health workers sent to provinces

8th consignment of protective equipment for health workers sent to provinces

ISLAMABAD-The 8th consignment of protective equipment for doctors and other paramedics has been sent to hospitals of all four provinces.

According to the Spokesperson of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the consignment include 306 thousand medical and face masks of different types, 50700 protective suits, 150  thousand surgical gowns, 15000 protective caps, 30,000 shoes covers and 65000 protective glasses.

He said Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan have already been provided equipment as per their requirement.

He said 70 ICU Ventilators have been given to Sindh province. He said that 20,000 RNA Auto Extractor each to all four provinces while Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir were given 10,000 each.