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Singaporean firm assists Binh Duong in medical equipment

Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries presented medical equipment worth 1 million SGD to two hospitals in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong during an online ceremony on September 17.
Singaporean firm assists Binh Duong in medical equipment ảnh 1At the event (Photo: VNA)

Binh Duong (VNA) – Singapore’s SembcorpIndustries presented medical equipment worth 1 million SGD to two hospitals inVietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong during an online ceremony onSeptember 17.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Mai PhuocDung and Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam together with leaders ofBinh Duong province attended the event.

The equipment include a RT-PCR system and 12 ventilators BIPAP for Binh Duong general hospital and 65 patient monitoringequipment for Becamex international hospital. The first batch will be deliveredthe same day to treat COVID-19 patients in serious conditions.

President and CEO of the Sembcorp Industries Wong Kim Yin vowed to stand side by side with theVietnamese people in the fight against the pandemic, and hoped that thesituation will become stable soon.

The provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front has alsoreceived nearly 600 billion VND (26 million USD) in cash and kind from businesses andindividuals for anti-pandemic effort.

Since the fourth wave of COVID-19, Binh Duonghas recorded 169,073 infections, 128,668 of them recovered and 1,549 died fromthe disease./.

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