The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has handed over 1,000 oxygen concentrators and related equipment worth $1.4 million to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination in Islamabad, APP reports.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan received the life-saving medical devices used for treating patients suffering from coronavirus infection, birth asphyxia and complicated pneumonia, from the Unicef Representative in Pakistan.
The oxygen concentrators which have been procured by Unicef with funds provided by the Government of Canada's global contributions Accelerator Supplies Financing Facility will be distributed among 289 health facilities in four provinces and Islamabad.
