14 The Defense Logistics Agency partnered with the U.S. Southern Command to deliver $1.3 million worth of life-saving pharmaceuticals to the Paraguay Ministry of Health for urgent treatment of intensive care patients with COVID-19.
DLA Troop Support’s Medical directorate received a request for support March 17 and coordinated with other DLA entities and U.S. Southern Command to deliver the items April 16.
“This effort represents a whole-of-government approach [including] the Department of State, USSOUTHCOM, and DLA to strengthen partnerships and counter threats in our shared neighborhood,” SOUTHCOM Director of Logistics Marine Col. David Gibbs said.
The request for medicines used to treat severe effects and symptoms of COVID-19 – 100,000 units of atracurium, 110,000 units of Diprivan, 3,000 units of intravenous sodium bicarbonate solution and 5,000 units of enoxaparin – was big, but not outside of the team’s capability, Dean said.