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Nepal Army importing medicines worth Rs 24 million for Covid-19 response

Nepal Army Headquarters, Bhadrakali

Kathmandu, April 22

The Nepal Army is set to bring medicines worth Rs 24 million, required for the treatment of Covid-19 patients in Nepal.

The Nepal Army Headquarters is writing to the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday to pay the amount. A headquarters source says that a letter would be sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pay the amount to India through the Ministry of Defence.

India will deposit 53 types of medicines at the Nepali Embassy in Delhi after receiving the amount, from which Nepal will bring the necessary medicine.

The army on Sunday had signed an agreement worth Rs 2.25 billion to import medical supplies from China.

Earlier in late March, India had offered to assist Nepal for the prevention and control of Covid-19 in late March. Lt Gen Anup Banerjee, Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Services (FMS) of India, had said he was ready to send a rapid response team (RRT) to Nepal for assistance. However, Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali had replied that medical equipment was needed more than treatment.

The government had given the responsibility of purchasing health items to the Nepal Army on April 3 after the agreement with Omni Business Corporation International came into dispute.

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