India handed over Bangladesh 31 ambulances with in-built life support equipment, alongside nearly 20 tonnes of essential medical apparatus as the first tranche of COVID-19 support announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Dhaka in March this year.

Bangladesh’s foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received the consignment from Indian high commissioner in Dhaka Vikram Doraiswami at a ceremony in the capital saying “whenever we are in critical problems, it is India which comes forward to help us”.

The medical apparatus included oxygen nasal cannula, oxygen face masks, oxygen flow meters, non-rebreather mask, pulse oximeter devices, high flow nasal cannulas, liquid medical oxygen cylinders of 10 litre capacity, LMO cylinders of 45 litre capacity, oxygen concentrators and infra thermometers. “Bangladesh and India have been working together in partnership since the outbreak of the pandemic,” Momen said, recalling India’s recent oxygen supplies.