Ministry of Health: Medical equipment and medicines among this week’s humanitarian aid

Ministry of Health of Ukraine, posted 06 February 2023 13:54

The Ministry of Health continues to receive humanitarian aid from governments and ministries of different countries and international organizations. This time, the aid came from the EU Institutions in Ukraine; the Government Agency for Strategic Reserves of Poland; the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency; the National Committee of the Red Cross of Ukraine; a German medicines manufacturer, Bayer; a charitable organization from Germany, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe; a multinational pharmaceutical company, Hetero Labs Limited, and its representative office in Ukraine, Amarox Ukraine Limited; and the Zhebrivsky Family Charitable Foundation.

In particular, this week, the Ministry of Health received:

  • 59 pallets of medical equipment,
  • 7 pallets of insulin,
  • 10 boxes of tourniquets,
  • 14 pallets of Xarelto,
  • 2 pallets and 17 boxes of other medicines,
  • 164 pallets of personal protective equipment.

“The names, brands, personalities and geography of our benefactors demonstrate a significant level of support for Ukraine, which has been going on for almost a year now! The diversity and quantity of humanitarian medical aid also proves this high level. Thank you!” says Maria Karchevych, Deputy Minister of Health for Digital Development.

As a reminder, generators, medical equipment, and medicines were among the humanitarian aid received last week.