Singaporean firm assists Binh Duong in medical equipment
Binh Duong (VNA) – 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.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Mai Phuoc
Dung and Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam together with leaders of
Binh Duong province attended the event.
The equipment include a RT-PCR system and 12 ventilators BIPAP for Binh Duong general hospital and 65 patient monitoring
equipment for Becamex international hospital. The first batch will be delivered
the 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 the
Vietnamese people in the fight against the pandemic, and hoped that the
situation will become stable soon.
The provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front has also
received nearly 600 billion VND (26 million USD) in cash and kind from businesses and
individuals for anti-pandemic effort.
Since the fourth wave of COVID-19, Binh Duong
has recorded 169,073 infections, 128,668 of them recovered and 1,549 died from
the disease./.