The government of Japan has handed over blood bank-related medical equipment worth $105,819 (approximately Rs 9.1 million) to Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), under the scheme of Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP).
An official said here on Monday that the equipment has been installed in Nazeer Hussain Hospital in Karachi. He said that the handing over ceremony was conducted at the KKF in Karachi with the presence of Consul-General of Japan in Karachi, Masaharu Sato. Around 25 high-performance items including Automatic Blood Cell Processor, Blood Analyser, Incubator, Serofuge, Microscope, Blood Bank Refrigerator, Freezer, etc were handed over to Mustafa Kamal, Managing Trustee of the KKF.
The Japanese government and the KKF had agreed and signed on this carefully selected health sector development project on October 14, 2010 and since then both parties have made tremendous efforts to set up a top quality blood bank with the purpose to help more local people to access free and fine blood-related treatment. The Consulate General of Japan, Karachi, hoped that these efforts will help upgrading of the living condition of the local people and also wished that this support from the people of Japan will strengthen the present amicable relationship between Pakistan and Japan. At the handing over ceremony, Masaharu Sato said that this is an example of good work through partnership between Japanese Consulate and the KKF.