The Union Health Ministry has been continuously providing life-saving humanitarian medical assistance to quake-hit Turkey and Syria under ‘Operation Dost’.
Taking to Twitter, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya said, “India is helping Syria and Turkey with the concept of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. India has been providing life-saving emergency medicines, protective items, medical equipment, critical care drugs, etc. as part of its efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Turkey and Syria.
The consignment consisted of 5,945-ton emergency relief material, which included 27 life-saving medicines, two kinds of protective items, and three categories of critical care pieces of equipment, valued at approximately Rs 2 crore.
Several relief materials were arranged for both Turkey and Syria on February 10. The consignment for Syria consisted of 72 critical care drugs, consumables, and protective items totaling 7.3 tons, valued at Rs 1.4 crore, the statement read.
EAM S Jaishankar also took to Twitter to discuss the Ghaziabad flight. He tweeted, “The 7th #OperationDost flight departs for Syria and Turkiye. Flight is carrying relief material, medical aid, emergency & critical care medicines, medical equipment, & consumables.”
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the flight is carrying more than 35 tons of relief material, of which over 23 tons is headed for relief efforts in Syria, and around 12 tons are headed to Turkey.