Health Ministry received 8 ventilators and 6,550 PCR tests

AKIPRESS.COM - Kyrgyzstan received eight more ventilators for artificial respiration and 6550 PCR tests for Covid-19 diagnostics from the Global Fund supported "Effective HIV and TB control project in Kyrgyz Republic", implemented by UNDP from July 2018 till December 2020. This life-saving medical equipment and diagnostic tests worth 266,438 USD and will be distributed in the country's regions to strengthen the country's preparedness to the COVID-19 epidemic, UNDP reports.
"I would like to take this opportunity to greatly appreciate support of the Country Coordinating Mechanism for HIV and TB, or CCM for short, which has advocated for this re-orientation of Global Fund country resources for Kyrgyzstan to boost the national COVID-19 response," UNDP Resident Representative Louise Chamberlain said.
The medical equipment was donated to the Ministry of Health on Tuesday June 16th. Ventilators will be distributed as following: 2 for the Republican Infectious Disease Hospital in Bishkek, 2 for the National TB Center in Bishkek, 2 for the region of Osh and 2 for the region of Jalal-Abad. An additional 2 ventilators will be donated to the penitentiary system, these devices will be used to help patients in respiratory distress.
Previously, the UNDP under the Global Fund project donated 50,000 surgical masks and 2,000 FFP2 respirators for health care workers in contact with Covid-19.