8th consignment of PPE sent to provinces

By Masood Sattar Khan
(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The 8th consignment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for doctors and other paramedical staff has been sent to hospitals of all the four provinces. 

According to the spokesperson of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the consignment comprised of 306 thousand medical and face masks of different types, 50,700 protective suits, 150 thousand surgical gowns, 15,000 protective caps, 30,000 shoes covers and 65,000 protective glasses. 

He disclosed that Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan had previously been provided equipment as per their requirements. 

As many as 70 ICU ventilators have also been provided to Sindh province, besides 20,000 RNA Auto Extractor each to all four provinces while Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir got 10,000 each.