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French Air Force aircraft to bring ventilators, test kits Tuesday as part of Coronavirus assistance
President Emmanuel Macron had recently announced the donation of medical equipment to India, as well as the provision of technical expertise, according to a statement by the French embassy.
New Delhi: A French Air Force aircraft will bring ventilators, test kits and other medical equipment to India on Tuesday as part of COVID-19 assistance by France, its embassy said.
President Emmanuel Macron had recently announced the donation of medical equipment to India, as well as the provision of technical expertise, according to a statement by the French embassy.
As part of this medical assistance package, France is donating to India 50 Osiris-3 ventilators and 70 Yuwell 830 ventilators with BiPAP mode, it said.
Osiris ventilators are particularly useful for emergency transport, intra-hospital transfer and recovery.
They have different ventilation modes, including non-invasive ventilation, it said.
The Yuwell 830 ventilators have bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) -- a non-invasive technique to supply oxygen to the lungs without intubation.
These high-quality ventilators meet the needs of Indian hospitals, the embassy said.
France will also donate 50,000 high-quality serological IgG/IgM test kits and 50,000 nose and throat swabs and modes of medical transport, the statement said.
The French embassy said an expert mission on inter-hospital transfers by military means was also being dispatched.
The French Air Force will deliver the equipment on Tuesday.
"The equipment and the personnel are being transported on a French Air Force A330 MRTT equipped with a Morpheus kit, which enables the transport of critically ill patients," it said.
Emmanuel Lenain, ambassador of France to India, will hand over the medical equipment to R K Jain, secretary-general of the Indian Red Cross Society, at Palam Air Force Station in Delhi, the embassy said.
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