KYIV. Jan 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The government of Japan has handed medical equipment worth UAH 22.5 million to the Central Clinical Hospital of the State Border Service of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Japanese Ambassador Shigeki Sumi took part in the ceremony of handing over the equipment in the hospital in Kyiv on Friday, the Ukrainian president’s press service reported.
“Today’s transfer of medical equipment is not the only example of cooperation between Ukraine and the UN and Japan, but also the first event of the Year of Japan in Ukraine, which symbolizes close cooperation between Ukraine and Japan,” the press service quoted Poroshenko as saying.
According to the report, the equipment transferred to the hospital includes – Toshiba 2016 CT scanner, the Olympus video endoscope system and the Calypso digital X-ray system. The equipment is worth a total of UAH 22.502 million.
Poroshenko and Shigeki Sumi visited the computer tomography room, examined the equipment and inspected working conditions of medical staff.
