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The supplies include portable ECG equipment and other crucial medical supplies
India has sent six tons of relief material, including necessary medical supplies, to Syria which has faced devastation after Monday's earthquake along with neighbouring Turkey. Nearly 11,000 people are believed to have died in the two countries.
The relief material was sent to Syria by a special Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft and reached on Wednesday morning. It includes three truck loads of general and protective gear, emergency use medicines, syringes and equipment including ECG machines, monitors, and other essential medical items.
India's Charge d'Affaires S K Yadav handed over the supplies to the Syrian Deputy Minister of Local Administration and Environment of Syria Moutaz Douaji at Damascus Airport. The relief material had left India on a C-130J military transport aircraft late on Tuesday night.
"An @IAF_MCC flight carrying 6 tons of Emergency Relief Assistance has taken off for Syria. Consignment consists of life saving medicines and emergency medical items. Indian stands in solidarity with those most affected by this tragedy," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted on Monday night.
India over the years has been extending humanitarian, technical and developmental assistance to Syria through bilateral and multilateral channels, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday.
Giving more details, the MEA said that consignments of food and medicines have been supplied to Syria from time to time, including during the pandemic. Two Artificial Limb Fitment Camps (Jaipur Foot) have been organized in Syria in December 2020 and recently in October-November 2022. A Next-Gen Centre for Information Technology was set up in Damascus in October 2021. About 1500 scholarships have been provided to Syrian students to study in India in diverse streams, the MEA added.
The MEA also said that 10 Indians are stuck in remote parts of earthquake-hit Turkey but are safe while one citizen is missing.
Addressing a special media briefing, Secretary (West) MEA Sanjay Verma said the government is in touch with the family members of the Indian who is missing in Turkey.
In support of Turkiye's rescue operations after the devastating earthquake that has killed thousands of people, India had earlier dispatched relief supplies, a mobile hospital, and specialized search and rescue personnel there on four C-17 Globemaster military transport planes on Tuesday.
The self-contained search and rescue teams from the NDRF, which total over 100 people, were sent to Turkiye together with their tools, trucks, and canine squads. These teams are equipped with specialist machinery for collapsed structure search and rescue (CSSR) operations, including detection, location, access, and extrication.
The four C-17 Globemaster also carried equipment that includes hand and power tools, illumination tools, air-lifting bags, chainsaws, angle cutters, rotary rescue saws, victim locating tools, life detectors, etc. The dog squads assist in finding victims among the debris and destroyed buildings.
Additionally, the Indian Army has sent 99 medical personnel and the necessary equipment to operate a 30-bed medical clinic under field operating circumstances. Medical experts from a range of specialties make up the staff, and medical equipment includes X-ray machines, ventilators, operating rooms, trucks, ambulances, generators, etc.
India's assistance follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on Monday that India will offer "all possible assistance" to those affected by the earthquake.
The relief material was sent to Syria by a special Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft and reached on Wednesday morning. It includes three truck loads of general and protective gear, emergency use medicines, syringes and equipment including ECG machines, monitors, and other essential medical items.
India's Charge d'Affaires S K Yadav handed over the supplies to the Syrian Deputy Minister of Local Administration and Environment of Syria Moutaz Douaji at Damascus Airport. The relief material had left India on a C-130J military transport aircraft late on Tuesday night.
"An @IAF_MCC flight carrying 6 tons of Emergency Relief Assistance has taken off for Syria. Consignment consists of life saving medicines and emergency medical items. Indian stands in solidarity with those most affected by this tragedy," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted on Monday night.
India over the years has been extending humanitarian, technical and developmental assistance to Syria through bilateral and multilateral channels, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday.
Giving more details, the MEA said that consignments of food and medicines have been supplied to Syria from time to time, including during the pandemic. Two Artificial Limb Fitment Camps (Jaipur Foot) have been organized in Syria in December 2020 and recently in October-November 2022. A Next-Gen Centre for Information Technology was set up in Damascus in October 2021. About 1500 scholarships have been provided to Syrian students to study in India in diverse streams, the MEA added.
The MEA also said that 10 Indians are stuck in remote parts of earthquake-hit Turkey but are safe while one citizen is missing.
Addressing a special media briefing, Secretary (West) MEA Sanjay Verma said the government is in touch with the family members of the Indian who is missing in Turkey.
In support of Turkiye's rescue operations after the devastating earthquake that has killed thousands of people, India had earlier dispatched relief supplies, a mobile hospital, and specialized search and rescue personnel there on four C-17 Globemaster military transport planes on Tuesday.
The self-contained search and rescue teams from the NDRF, which total over 100 people, were sent to Turkiye together with their tools, trucks, and canine squads. These teams are equipped with specialist machinery for collapsed structure search and rescue (CSSR) operations, including detection, location, access, and extrication.
The four C-17 Globemaster also carried equipment that includes hand and power tools, illumination tools, air-lifting bags, chainsaws, angle cutters, rotary rescue saws, victim locating tools, life detectors, etc. The dog squads assist in finding victims among the debris and destroyed buildings.
Additionally, the Indian Army has sent 99 medical personnel and the necessary equipment to operate a 30-bed medical clinic under field operating circumstances. Medical experts from a range of specialties make up the staff, and medical equipment includes X-ray machines, ventilators, operating rooms, trucks, ambulances, generators, etc.
India's assistance follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on Monday that India will offer "all possible assistance" to those affected by the earthquake.
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