Japanese Government Assists With COVID-19 Handling Medical Devices In Surabaya

Japanese Consul General in Surabaya Takeyama Ken-ichi (third from left) hands over medical equipment to Surabaya Mayor Eri Cahyadi at Surabaya City Hall, East Java, Tuesday (14/6/2022). (PHOTO ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Surabaya)

SURABAYA - The Japanese government through the Japanese Consulate General in Surabaya, East Java, provided assistance with a number of medical devices for handling COVID-19 in the "City of Heroes".

"These tools can not only be used to help COVID-19 patients, but can also be used for other patients," said Japanese Consul General in Surabaya Takeyama Ken-ichi when providing medical equipment assistance to Surabaya Mayor Eri Cahyadi at Surabaya City Hall. reported by Antara, Tuesday, June 14.

The assistance is in the form of 1 unit of transport ventilator, 4 units of patient monitor, 10 units of infusion pump, and 10 units of syringe pump.

According to Takeyama Kenichi, so far, many aid schemes have been provided to Indonesia, and this time for the city of Surabaya.

"This time the grassroots grant assistance program is for human security. This grassroots grant assistance aims to improve the welfare of the community, so that medical devices are expected to be put to good use in the future," he said.

Meanwhile, the Mayor of Surabaya, Eri Cahyadi, expressed his gratitude to the Japanese Government and the Japanese Consul General for providing assistance to Surabaya.

According to him, this assistance is very useful for the residents of the City of Surabaya, especially when the aid was handed over at a time when Surabaya was fighting COVID-19. Of course, he continued, this assistance is very meaningful, so it can also help the Surabaya City Government in providing the best for the people of Surabaya.

"So, actually these tools have been handed over a long time ago during the pandemic, and are currently being used by friends at the Soewandhie Hospital. But the handover to the Surabaya City Government was only carried out today," he said.

For Eri, the Japanese government, when providing aid did not see that it had to be handed over first. But when they saw the urgent needs of the community, they immediately handed over the aid first, so this was the first time it was handed over.

Mayor Eri added, with this assistance, it shows a very close sense of kinship and togetherness between the Japanese Government and the City of Surabaya.

"Because after all, Surabaya has a sister city (twin city) with a city in Japan, so this shows a close sense of family and togetherness," said Eri Cahyadi.