The People’s Republic of China donated a state-of-the-art intensive care ventilator made in 2022, to the value of 709,300 lei, to the Municipal Clinical Hospital of Contagious Diseases for Children, IPN reports.
The hospital’s director Ludmila Bîrca, senior infectious disease doctor, said that this equipment is indispensable to the Intensive Care and Reanimatology Unit and is necessary primarily during the COVID-19 pandemic, when children with respiratory insufficiency are admitted to their hospital.
She thanked the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China for this generous donation, noting that the ventilator will be used in serious cases. “Our hospital offers assistance to children of the Republic of Moldova and also to Ukrainian refugee children. Medicine does not have borders, especially the infectious diseases,” stated Ludmila Bîrca.
The mayor of Chisinau Ion Ceban said the Municipal Clinical Hospital of Contagious Diseases for Children is the only health facility of this type in Moldova. “It was on the frontline during the pandemic. That’s why the equipment is very necessary, especially in critical moments, such as those related to COVID-19. I’m very glad that we today can receive this ventilator from the city Xi'an. I hope it will be very useful for the health of our children, for all those who need it,” said the mayor.
China’s Ambassador to Moldova Yan Wenbin noted that his country will continue supporting Moldova in all the areas, including medicine. “I hope this machine will help the children, but it would be good if the equipment is used seldom and all the children are healthy. The Embassy of China, including my person, will continue offering all our support,” stated the official.
The Chisinau City Hall last year signed a five-year twining agreement with Xi'an. In 1997, there was signed a memorandum on the establishment of relations of friendship and cooperation between Chisinau and Xi'an.
