Korea donates $300,000 worth of medical equipment to Azerbaijan

The South Korean government has donated medical equipment to Azerbaijan to protect the health of vulnerable children in the post-pandemic period.

Report informs, the presentation ceremony was attended by Chairman of the Board of the State Agency for Compulsory Health Insurance Zaur Aliyev, Korean Ambassador to Azerbaijan Lee In-Yong, Executive Director of TƏBIB Vugar Gurbanov and other persons.

Speaking at the event, Z. Aliyev said that the Korean government has always supported Azerbaijan in matters of public health: "Korea has made great strides in the field of health insurance. Of course, a long way has been traveled for this. We are very interested in using the rich Korean experience. We We will work to further develop and strengthen cooperation between the relevant institutions of Korea and the State Compulsory Health Insurance Agency.”

Recall that the transferred equipment consists of a defibrillator, an anesthesia machine, an artificial respiration machine, a device for non-invasive respiratory support for newborns, an incubator for newborns, a phototherapy device and an oxygen regulator. The total cost of the equipment is 300,000 US dollars (510,000 manats).

It should be noted that medical equipment was transferred to the Republican Perinatal Center and the Children's Clinical Hospital No. 2 named after A. Garayev.

source: report.uz