Brazil’s Aid to Lebanon Includes 300 Ventilators, 100,000 Masks, Medicine for Three Months

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The humanitarian aid that the Bolsonaro government will ship to Lebanon this week, through the Ministry of Health, will include 300 mechanical lung ventilators, 100,000 surgical masks, and medicines for three months. The information is from CNN Brasil.

According to the Health Ministry, the ventilators were acquired by Brazil especially to be donated to Lebanon, without prejudice to those used to treat Brazilian patients with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).

The government will also deploy 16 volunteer doctors, including orthopedists and anesthesiologists, to assist victims wounded by the explosion in Beirut last week.

The aid will also include 30 drugs, including amoxicillin, benzylpenicillin, sodium hypochlorite, ibuprofen, and paracetamol. According to the Ministry of Health, the drugs and supplies can help in the emergency care of up to 1,500 people for a period of three months or up to 4,500 people in a month.

The equipment weighs 3.9 tons and on Wednesday, August 12th is expected to board a KC-390, the Brazilian Air Force cargo plane that the government has assigned to carry the humanitarian aid to Lebanon.

Ex-president Michel Temer, invited by President Jair Bolsonaro to head the mission, and other delegation members will also board for Beirut on Wednesday.

In addition to Temer, the mission will include the president of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo, Paulo Skaf, who is also of Lebanese origin.

Source: Gazeta Brasil