CHINESE ambassador Dai Qingli, left, with Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville.
CHINA has donated three containers of supplies to help Princess Margaret Hospital.
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville welcomed Chinese ambassador Dai Qingli to the hospital on Thursday last week to accept a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other supplies on behalf of the Public Hospitals Authority.
The donation of three 40ft containers of supplies had a combined value of 1.2 million Chinese Yuan, said the ambassador, or approximately $170,000.
She said: “These supplies have been donated as an outcome of the Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting between China and Caribbean countries held in April last year. They are the eleventh (11th) batch, and largest so far, of medical supplies offered to The Bahamas since the start of the pandemic.”
Among the items donated are oximeters and hospital trollies.
Dr Darville thanked China for the “gift of love”.
He said: “COVID- 19 still exists, and even though we are seeing some cases here at the Princess Margaret Hospital, there is no need for any major panic at this time or the implementation of any new restrictive measures.”
He said there is presently no need for any testing requirements for travel to The Bahamas whether from China or other destinations.
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