Overview

Chinese Embassy in Malaysia donates 5,000 masks and 10,000 medical grade face shields to Sungai Buloh Hospital

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$42,874

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•MalaysiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MalaysiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 19, 2020

Start (actual): Mar 19, 2020

End (actual): Mar 19, 2020

Geospatial footprint

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The Sungai Buloh Hospital is located at Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11273781.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

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Sungai Buloh Hospital

Loan description

Chinese Embassy in Malaysia donates 5,000 masks and 10,000 medical grade face shields to Sungai Buloh Hospital

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 19, 2020, the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia held a ceremony for the donation of 5,000 medical masks and 10,000 medical high-grade face shields to Sungai Buloh Hospital in Selangor, Malaysia to aid against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Health of Malaysia, Chen Chaoming, received the donations on behalf of the Malaysian side. This donation comes after Malaysia provided support and supplies to China. The 5,000 masks and 10,000 medical high-grade face shields are the first batch of medical supplies donated by the embassy. 3,500 test kits are expected at a later donation, as are more masks, protective clothing, ventilators, etc. The monetary value of the donation is unknown.

Staff comments

1. The Chinese name for Sungai Buloh Hospital is 双溪毛糯医院. AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.