China gifts lifesaving injections to Lanka

Sri Lanka struggling to meet growing shortage of medicine will receive significant Chinese assistance. The Chinese embassy yesterday released the following statement: “With joint efforts of all relevant authorities from both China and Sri Lanka, 512,640 life-saving Enoxaparin Sodium Injection worth of 10 million RMB, the first batch of Chinese government’s 500 million RMB grant to Sri Lankan people have been arranged and will be delivered to Sri Lanka via two consignments. One consignment of 256,320 syringes is scheduled to arrive at Colombo at mid-night today (June 3rd) by flight CX3119, with the total volume of 40 cubic meters and weighing 4.3 metric tons. The other one is expected to arrive in the second half of the month.

Enoxaparin sodium is an anticoagulant medication (blood thinner), commonly used to treat and prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) including during pregnancy and following certain types of surgery. It is also used in those with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and heart attacks, or during hemodialysis. The two consignments of 512,640 syringes donated by China will be sufficient for Sri Lanka’s use for 6 months.

China relates deeply to the difficulties and challenges faced by Sri Lankan people. The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka will continue to work closely with both Beijing and Colombo to follow through the important agreement reached by the leaders of our two countries and provide much-needed livelihood assistance for Sri Lankan people as top priority.