ISLAMABAD: The first batch of domestically-produced ventilators was handed over to the National Catastrophe Management Authority (NDMA) mostly to deal with the critically-ill coronavirus clients, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry revealed on Monday.

A landmark acheived … first badge of #MadeInPakistan Ventilators #SafeVent handedover to NDMA by @ImranKhanPTI PM of Pakistan …

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) July 6, 2020

The statement comes days after the United States federal government contributed 100 ventilators to assistance Pakistan in its battle versus the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fawad had actually made the statement to handover in your area created ventilators to the authority in June, stating that the nation has actually signed up with the ranks of couple of countries producing their own ventilators.

Several declarations released by the provincial and federal federal governments recommend that Pakistan is racing versus time to schedule 1,500 more ventilators as part of a contingency strategy.

Currently, after the arrival of USAID contribution, about 1,600 ventilators are offered at federal government medical facilities dealing with coronavirus clients.

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