Singaporean firm assists Binh Duong in medical equipment
Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries presented medical equipment worth SGD1 million to two hospitals in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong during an online ceremony on September 17.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Mai Phuoc Dung and Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam together with leaders of Binh Duong province attended the event.
The equipment include a RT-PCR system and 12 ventilators BIPAP for Binh Duong general hospital and 65 patient monitoring equipment for Becamex international hospital. The first batch will be delivered the same day to treat COVID-19 patients in serious conditions.
President and CEO of the Sembcorp Industries Wong Kim Yin vowed to stand side by side with the Vietnamese people in the fight against the pandemic, and hoped that the situation will become stable soon.
The provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front has also received nearly VND600 billion (US$26 million) in cash and kind from businesses and individuals for anti-pandemic effort.
Since the fourth wave of COVID-19, Binh Duong has recorded 169,073 infections, 128,668 of them recovered and 1,549 died from the disease.