KOICA Supports Peru with Oxygen Production Equipment and Medical Supplies

Medical Supplies Support for Peruvian Healthcare Workers and COVID-19 Patients with Yonsei University
Walk-Through Diagnostic Booth Donation Ceremony Scheduled at Dos de Mayo National Hospital

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] KOICA held an emergency support project donation ceremony on the 9th (local time) at the Laura Rodriguez Mother and Child Health Center in Lima, Peru. Through this donation ceremony, KOICA is providing personal protective equipment (PPE) for 4,000 Peruvian doctors and oxygen production facilities for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

The donation ceremony was attended by Lee Jung-wook, head of KOICA Peru Office; Kim Jung-won, branch manager of Korea Food for the Hungry International; Zenaida Bariga, director of the health center; as well as representatives from the Peruvian Medical Association and Ministry of Health.

As of December, Peru has suffered significant social damage with over 970,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. So far, 230 doctors who treated COVID-19 patients have been infected and died, but the Peruvian government lacks the capacity to support all medical personnel.

Accordingly, KOICA, through an MOU with Yonsei University and the Peruvian Medical Association (CMP), provided 4,000 kits of personal protective equipment (PPE) including 4,000 N95 masks, 4,500 protective suits, and 9,000 gloves for Peruvian doctors. Additionally, by supporting oxygen production facilities at the Laura Rodriguez Korea-Peru Mother and Child Health Center in Peru, oxygen can be supplied to about 3,000 severe COVID-19 patients over the next five months.

At the event, Lee Jung-wook, head of the Peru office, said, “We hope this medical support with Yonsei University will help Peruvian medical staff and critically ill patients struggling with COVID-19,” and Zenaida Bariga, director of the Mother and Child Health Center, expressed gratitude to KOICA, stating, “We believe that through this support, we can all overcome this difficult time together.”

Meanwhile, on the morning of the 10th (local time), a donation ceremony to provide a total of five COVID-19 walk-through diagnostic booths will be held at Hospital Dos de Mayo in Lima, the capital of Peru, with the participation of Pilar Mazzetti, Minister of Health, and Cho Young-jun, Ambassador to Peru.

Hospital Dos de Mayo is a representative national hospital (tertiary hospital) in Peru and has a history of close cooperation with KOICA, having carried out the Dos de Mayo National Hospital Diagnostic Function Improvement Project (USD 4.7 million) from 2008 to 2012. Based on this project, the hospital has been designated as a national COVID-19 intensive care treatment hospital, playing a key role, and has conducted a total of 10,000 PCR tests and 45,000 rapid diagnostic tests to date.

The walk-through booths to be donated this time are products developed by a Korean small and medium-sized enterprise and are expected to be useful not only for COVID-19 infectious diseases but also for specimen collection from patients with other infectious diseases in Peru such as yellow fever and Zika virus, allowing for long-term use.

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