China donates Rs. 2 Bn worth medicines

 Essential medicines and medical supplies valued at over Rs. 2 Billion donated by China to the Sri Lankan people reached Colombo on Tuesday (6).

The shipment comes in 24 containers (16,000 boxes) with a total weight of over 255 metric tonnes.

China has donated Rs. 5 Billion worth of medicines to Sri Lanka since June 2022.

The consignment includes:

8 million Infusion Sets,
1.2 million vials of Omeprazole Sodium for Injection,
1 million Capecitabine Tablets,
612,720 PF. Syrs of Enoxaparin Sodium Injection,
240,000 bottles of Sodium Valproate Tablets,
100,800 ampoules of Heparin Sodium Injection