Medical Supplies Worth Over Rs 7 Crore Sent to Turkey and Syria: India

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 14th Feb. The Union Health Ministry announced today that India has sent emergency relief material worth more than Rs 7 crore to earthquake-ravaged Turkey and Syria.

“India is providing assistance to the two countries in the spirit of its age-old tradition of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,” Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted, highlighting his ministry’s efforts in providing emergency relief material to Turkiye and Syria.

The ministry said in a statement that three truck loads of relief materials, including life-saving emergency medicines and protective items, were arranged at the Hindon air base within 12 hours on February 6.

The 5,945-ton emergency relief material included 27 life-saving medicines, two kinds of protective items and three categories of critical care equipment, valued at approximately ₹ 2 crore, the statement said.

On February 10, a larger shipment of relief supplies was arranged for both Turkiye and Syria.

The consignment for Syria consisted of 72 critical care drugs, consumables and protective items of 7.3 tons, valued at ₹ 1.4 crore while relief materials sent for Turkiye included 14 types of medical and critical care equipments, valued at ₹ 4 crore, it said.