MONROVIA, February 3 (LINA) – The Government of Turkey has donated a consignment of medical equipment and pharmaceutical products valued over US$360,000 to aid Liberia in its fight against Ebola and post Ebola recovery.
According to a Foreign Ministry release, the consignment, which has arrived in the country, was donated through the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) and the Ministry of Health of Turkey.
Presenting the donation, Turkish Honorary Council to Liberia and ambassador to Ghana, Luseeni Kamara, described Turkey as “a friend that will continue to stand by Liberia in good and bad times.”
“This donation is for both Ebola and post-Ebola periods and it is the second donation made by Turkey in less than two months,” Kamara said.
The items include Plash Thermometer, Plastic Tap Gurney, sterile injectors, sterile pinpoint, cholera beds, surgical bones, Oral SUS, Lactatli Ringers, Flotic, Sedoral Bulb, Serum Sets and Hidazol amongst others.
Liberia’s Chief of Protocol Rufus Neuville thanked the Turkish Government for the donation on behalf of the government and people of Liberia, saying: “A Friend in need is a friend indeed.”
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