TBAM donates anti-Covid equipment to MRCS for Myanmar’s battle against COVID-19 pandemic

Under the campaign “Here with You”, the Thai Business Association of Myanmar (TBAM), in collaboration with Thai Red Cross Society and with the support of the Royal Thai Embassy Yangon, has donated 300 oxygen cylinders, refill for 5 months, including other necessary medical equipment such as PPEs and surgical masks worth approximately 4.8 million baht (K272,640,000) to the Myanmar Red Cross Society to assist Myanmar people in their fight against the COVID-19.
The Thai Red Cross Society works closely with the Myanmar Red Cross Society to distribute the oxygen concentrators to the affected communities in Myanmar.
Organized by the Thai Business Association of Myanmar (TBAM), the official virtual donation ceremony was held recently and Mr Sorasak Keeratichokechaikul, President of Thai Business Association Myanmar, Mr Tej Bunnag Secretary-General of the Thai Red Cross Society, Prof. Dr Htin Zaw Soe, Secretary-General of the Myanmar Red Cross Society and Mrs Suphatra Srimaitreephithak, Ambassador of Thailand to Myanmar and other authorized persons attended the ceremony.
Since the third week of August, the Thai Business Association of Myanmar (TBAM) has been raising funds to provide oxygen cylinders, refilled oxygen cylinders in Myanmar and other necessary medical equipment to help the country address its unprecedented oxygen crisis arising from the third wave of Covid-19 infection.
According to the Myanmar Red Cross Society, the donated oxygen cylinders and medical equipment have been well-received and distributed to four district Red Cross offices and Hlinethaya people hospital in Yangon where they are already registered and effectively used. — GNLM