A consignment of medical equipment and accessories to aid Liberia’s fight against the deadly Ebola virus has arrived in the country from the State of Kuwait. A dispatch from the Liberian Embassy in near Kuwait City put the value of the medical supplies at over forty-five thousand United States Dollars (US $45,000.00).

The dispatch said 470 boxes of medical items were donated including Non-Woven Surgical face mask-ear loops, disposable N 95 face mask, non woven surgical face mask-ties, medical gloves powered small and alcohol swab pad among others. The medical items are expected to help reinforce government’s effort in its fight against the deadly Ebola virus.

Liberia’s Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, H.E. Konah Blackett negotiated and procured the items from Dr.Sanad Rasheed Al-Fadala, Chairman and CEO of Taiba Hospital &IMS last month and conferred with Dr. Nabel Abdul Rahem,a Kuwaiti engineer consultant, who handled the shipment.

The Liberian Embassy near Kuwait City is expressing profound gratitude to Dr. Sanad Rashed Al-Fadala and Dr. Nabeel Abdul Raheem for their humanitarian gestures to Liberia during this critical period of our national existence.