Pamela T Munyoro.
The medical equipment were donated by the National Health Commission of China to promote the global fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, to one of the largest hospitals in Zimbabwe, Parerenyatwa Group of Hospitals.
Speaking at the handover ceremony at PGH in Harare, Luo Weiqiang, captain of the 18th batch of the Chinese medical team in Zimbabwe, said providing support to Zimbabwe in the time of COVID-19 is a top priority of China.
“Today the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China donated this batch of medical equipment to Parirenyatwa Hospital.
It is another concrete step to enhance our cooperation,” Luo said.
Zimbabwe and China have strong ties in all aspects for the longest time and China keeps showing their support in improving Zimbabwe’s health and business sector.
The donated materials included ventilators, blood oxygen saturation monitors, electrocardiographs, oxygen machines, among other equipment.
PGH Chief Executive Officer Aspect Maunganidze said the Chinese government has contributed immensely towards Zimbabwe’s fight against the pandemic.
“They have continued to assist with ventilators, one of the donations here is a ventilator for patients who need ventilatory care in COVID. You know COVID affects the respiratory system and the severe cases will need ventilatory support, will need oxygen supplementation, and this donation is covering most of the areas,”
Since the onset of the pandemic, Zimbabwe has recorded 11 522 cases, 9 599 recoveries and 310 deaths so far. The cases have been spiking daily and as a nation to avoid second wave, everyone is being advised to keep following the guide lines provided to us in order to curb the spread of the virus.
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