The government of Taiwan donates medical supplies to Shamir Medical center
The donation included protective clothing and 10,000 N95 face masks
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFVarious N95 respiration masks at a laboratory of 3M, that has been contracted by the U.S. government to produce extra marks in response to the country's novel coronavirus outbreak, in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. March 4, 2020. Picture taken March 4, 2020(photo credit: REUTERS/NICHOLAS PFOSI)
At a ceremony held Wednesday at the Shamir Medical Center, the Taiwanese government donated medical supplies to the hospital.The donation included protective clothing and 10,000 N95 face masks, according to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Tel Aviv.The ceremony was followed by a Shamir Medical Center and National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch joint webinar. The webinar topics included hospital preparation and response in Taiwan and Israel and critical care for COVID-19 respiratory failure in Taiwan and Israel.Dr Osnat Levitzon-Korach, Director General of Shamir Medical Center, Ambassador Kuo-Boug Chang, Representative of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Tel Aviv and more than a dozen Taiwanese and Israeli doctors attended the conference.
