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Published Wednesday, May 13, 2020
The U.S. Government donates more
medical supplies to Costa Rica
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The U.S. government through the International Organization for Migration, IOM, and the Embassy delivered the second donation of medical supplies to the government of Costa Rica, announced the embassy on Tuesday.
In the case of the IOM with the support of the United States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, PRM, delivered to the Ministry of Security the second set of donations consisting of personal protective equipment and medical supplies to support the immigration police and other police officers who are facing the emergency of the covid-19 at the borders.
The donated equipment included wheelchairs, infrared thermometers, sphygmomanometers, oximeters, stethoscopes, surgical gloves, eye protection eyeglasses and N95 masks in addition to cleaning supplies such as chlorine, disinfectant and liquid soap.
On April, the IOM donated 1,300 high-resistance N-95 surgical masks to the Ministry of Health.
"In the framework of the covid-19 emergency, IOM follows the attention of the health emergency, supporting the request of the General Directorate of Health, to donate surgical masks that are essential inputs in the pandemic mitigation process," said Roeland de Wilde, representative of the organization in Costa Rica.
Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners.
Also, the U.S. Embassy made the second donation of 912 disposable medical isolation gowns to Social Security.
In March the embassy delivered the first donation through a United States Southern Command, SOUTHCOM, humanitarian assistance program.
That donation was valued at $ 75,000 including personal protective equipment purchased from local suppliers in Costa Rica, such as surgical masks, disposable isolation gowns, surgical gloves, goggles, and N-95 medical masks.
The embassy announced that within the next few days it will deliver to Social Security another donation of protective glasses for supporting health workers.
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