The government of the Republic of Korea has donated eight ambulances and 100 units of oxygen generator to the government of Bangladesh to support its efforts for overcoming the corona pandemic and enhancing the country’s capacity in the health sector. The handover ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in presence of South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-keun, DGHS Director General Prof Abdul Bashar Khurshid Alam and Country Director, KOICA Bangladesh Office Doh Young-Ah and other officials from the DGHS. Read: Bangladesh-S Korea to have more cultural exchanges in future: KM Khalid

Health Minister Zahid Maleque received a gift of 109 cardiac ambulances from India to fight the Covid-19 pandemic Monday. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami handed over the ambulance keys to the Minister at the Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD) of the Directorate General of Health Services. The Health Minister said, “In this trying time of Covid-19 India has once again marked its friendship toward Bangladesh with the ambulance gift from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” “These ambulances will contribute to increasing the capacity of the hospitals across the country,” he added. READ: 40 ambulances arrive in Bangladesh Moreover, the country's Hospital Service Management bought 21 ambulances and 60 more were bought under the Upazila Health Care Operation Plan. Minister Maleque handed over the ambulances to the directors and representatives of the country’s remote area hospitals and also to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, National Heart Disease Hospital, and Dhaka North City Covid-dedicated hospital. READ: India sends 40 more ambulances to Bangladesh

Forty more ambulances -- a gift from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- arrived in Bangladesh through the Benapole land port on Thursday morning. Additional Commissioner of Benapole Customs House, Neyamul Islam said that the 40 ambulances entered Bangladesh in the morning from the Petrapole border on the Indian side. Read: India sends 40 more ambulances to Bangladesh "Necessary paperwork is underway to get the clearance done. Once complete, the ambulances will leave for Dhaka later in the day," he said. According to the Indian High Commission, Prime Minister Modi announced the gift of 109 ambulances to Bangladesh during his state visit on March 26-27, to help bolster healthcare, especially in the shared effort to contain the Covid pandemic. All the ambulances have ventilation support, said sources. Read: 30 ambulances arrive in Bangladesh from India So far, 71 ambulances have arrived in Bangladesh and the remaining are expected to come by mid-September. Of these, the first ambulance arrived on March 21, 30 more ambulances arrived on August 7, and 40 on Thursday.