KATHMANDU: The Gurkha Foundation has donated health materials including 30 oxygen cylinders to the Mechinagar municipality.
The health materials worth Rs 600 thousand were jointly donated by the Gurkha Foundation, UK and the Gurkha Foundation, Nepal on Friday.
Foundation Chair Nagendra Gurung handed over the medical support to Mechinagar mayor Bimal Acharya amidst a program organized in Mechinagar, Jhapa.
The municipality now has more than 90 oxygen cylinders, including those provided by various donor agencies and the ones the municipality has purchased, Mayor Acharya said after receiving the donation.
“The oxygen cylinders received today would be distributed to the hospitals and health posts within the municipality as per the need,” he added.
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