Staff Reporter
Islamabad
More than 500 ventilators are available in the warehouse of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), said the spokesman of the authority. In a statement, he said the ventilators are preserved as strategic reserves and will be delivered to provinces according to their needs. He said sufficient ventilators are available in Sindh as per the needs of COVID-19 patients.
Sharing the details of safety equipment delivered to Sindh, he said the NDMA has so far delivered 20 BiPAP (bi-level positive airway pressure) ventilators, 1,030,163 masks, 32,392 N-95 masks, 203,840 KN-95 masks, 235,479 safety suits, 8,773 safety goggles, 242,792 gloves, 57,844 shoes,94,201 surgical caps,25,351 gowns,9,448 face shields, 4 PCR machines including an automatic machine, 123,832 testing kits, 55,000 VTM, 55,000 swab, 50,768 manual, 8,000 auto extraction kits, two bio safety cabinets for saving testing kits, 200 thermal guns, 30,000 bio tech tubes, 9,000 bio hazard bags,1,020 body bags and 25,000 sanitizer bottles to Sindh province. The NDMA is providing assistance to all provinces including Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan on behalf of the federation.
Responding to Sindh government’s claims that the authority did not provide a single ventilator or set up any laboratory for coronavirus patients in the province, the spokesperson of NDMA said the authority has provided relief to all provinces, and the regions. He claimed that Sindh had enough ventilators for the Covid-19 patients currently adding that the NDMA had also provided the province 20 additional by-pipe ventilators. The spokesperson stated that the NDMA has around 500 ventilators in its stock. “These ventilators are a strategic reserve, and will be handed over to provinces as per their needs,” he added.
