27th April 2021 12:02 am 26th April 2021 3:50 pm
Efforts to relieve a surge in COVID-19 cases in India will see 100 non-invasive breathing aids sent to the country as part of the UK government’s shipment of emergency supplies.
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The UCL-Ventura breathing aid is part of over 600 devices including ventilators and oxygen concentrators being sent to India, which recorded over 350,000 new cases on April 26, 2021.
According to the Foreign Office, nine airline container loads of supplies, including 495 oxygen concentrators, 120 non-invasive ventilators and 20 manual ventilators, will be sent to India this week.
In a statement, Professor Rebecca Shipley, UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering, said: “I’m immensely proud of the UCL-Ventura team and indebted to our logistics partner, G-TEM, who after receiving the call on Saturday morning, arranged for the shipment to be sent with the government’s emergency supplies to India’s worst hit areas.
UK s UCL varsity sends 100 non-invasive breathing aids to India
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UK s UCL varsity sends 100 non-invasive breathing aids to India. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 26 : UCL, a leading multidisciplinary university in London, on Monday said it has sent 100 non-invasive breathing aids to India as part of the UK government s shipment of emergency medical supplies.
The UCL-Ventura breathing aid is part of over 600 devices, including ventilators and oxygen concentrators, being sent to India, which is experiencing its biggest surge in Covid-19 infections, with over 350,000 new cases reported on Monday.
Holistic supply partner GTEM packaged and transported the devices from their warehouse in Gloucestershire within just 24 hours. They are now being flown to Delhi for use in hospitals in India s hardest hit areas, the university said in a statement.
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