Aide et Action, India provides emergency medical equipment in Meghalaya

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SHILLONG: Aide et Action, India, with support from Shillong Expressway Pvt. Ltd, has implemented a project titled 'Jingkyrshan' – Support for Promotion of improved health care facilities in Ribhoi district, Meghalaya as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emergency medical equipments have been provided to the Nongpoh Civil Hospital, Ribhoi district, Meghalaya so that people in the district can have easy access to quality treatment of other life-threatening diseases which could be comorbid to COVID-19.

A handing over ceremony was held on Monday where officials from Aide et Action – India, National Highway Authority of India and Shillong Expressway Pvt. Ltd. handed over the medical equipments to Dr. Chyne, Superintendent of Nongpoh Civil Hospital, in the presence of MB Tongper, ADC and FM Lakiang, ADC from the district administration. The following equipments have been provided - ECG Machine, Laryngoscope along with Blade, Crash Cart and Perfusor Pump.

Pranab Panging, Regional Manager, Aide et Action, gave the welcome note. Sunil Verma, Project Director, National Highway Authority of India, and Sachin Joshi from Highway Concessions Pvt. Ltd, spoke about the relevance of this response in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and the initiatives that were being taken by them.

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