BAJURA, JUNE 21

As many as 20 oxygen concentrators were provided to District Health Office, Bajura, on Monday.

Community Partners International and Bhrikuti Devi Trust (BDT) provided the concentrators to Bajura DHO in coordination with Nepal Healthcare Equipment Development Foundation (NHEDF) and Badimalika Media House.

Among the donated concentrators, 10 units are 5-litre capacity equipment while other 10 were of 10-litres capacity, informed Smart Singh Basnet at NHEDF.

Bajura's Chief District Officer Gopal Adhikari handed over medical equipment to Daya Krishna Panta, chief of Bajura Health Office.

According to the DHO, this is the first time the medical equipment were brought to the district.

The concentrators will be sent to various temporary covid hospitals in all nine local levels of the district as per requirement, informed Bajura DHO chief Panta.

In the first stage, Khaptad Chededaha Rural Municipality, Tribeni Municipality, Gaumul Rural Municipality, Swami Kartik Rural Municipality and Budhinanda Municipality will receive two concentrators each, claimed Pant.

'It would have been very hard to procure oxygen from Dhangadhi during the monsoon, however, the arrival of a large number of concentrators have brought about a huge relief to the district,' added Panta.

Prior to this, NHEDF and Badimalika Media house had provided 25 six oxygen concentrators to the district while civil society had provided 25 52-kg oxygen cylinders during the peak of the second wave of coronavirus in the district.