China News Service, May 8 (Xinhua Times) reported that on the morning of May 5, local time, an anti-epidemic material donation group consisting of Chinese societies and Chinese enterprises in the 13th district of Paris will provide 200,000 surgical masks and 20,000 FFP2 Medical masks were sent to the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in the 13th district of Paris, and donated to the Paris Public Hospital Group for the anti-epidemic new coronary pneumonia epidemic.
Chen Wenxiong, a member of the French National Assembly, chairman of the French-Chinese Friendship Group of the National Assembly, representatives of the Paris 13 district government, Rosa CAPRON, head of logistics of the Paris Public Hospital Group, and Yu Yangxi, Ding Jianwen, and Zhao Guoqiang, representatives of donor organizations, attended the meeting. Donation ceremony.
It is understood that after the outbreak of the French epidemic, representatives of Chinese communities and Chinese enterprises in the 13th district of Paris responded to the proposal of the French National Assembly member Chen Wenxiong and established a donation group for anti-epidemic materials. Promoted by the promoters, Ding Qiyu, Chairman of France Travel Asia, Zhou Jiqing, President of the Guangdong Association, Wu Songben, President of the Cambodian Chinese Music Club, and enthusiastic people Shi Lijuan, Xue Weitao and others, gathered 46 units to donate love The fastest purchase of 300,000 medical masks and 20,000 N95 protective masks in China.
A Chinese company assisted in the contact, purchase, customs inspection, logistics, customs clearance and distribution of the donated materials, which ensured the smooth arrival of the materials as scheduled.
In addition to donating these supplies to local hospitals, they were also distributed to local businesses that are still opening daily to provide daily necessities to the people and residents who are in urgent need of protective materials, especially old people in local nursing homes.
In an interview with reporters, Ms. Capron, head of logistics at the Paris Public Hospital Group, said that the epidemic was worldwide and caused a shortage of medical supplies. Since the outbreak, China, overseas Chinese organizations, and Chinese-funded institutions have made a large number of donations to the hospital, which has solved great difficulties. Paris is the hardest hit area, there are many hospitals, need a lot of medical personnel protective items. The large amount of donations made by overseas Chinese this time showed their great love. She also said that the fight against the epidemic continued and the hospital still needed a lot of protective items.
The reporter saw that the famous Saint Louis Church in the hospital has been set up as a storage place for temporary medical supplies, which are filled with various medical protective materials.
Chen Wenxiong has been to the hospital many times to donate items with the donation group. He told reporters that this hospital has two places to store donated materials, the church is to store medical materials, and the other is to store donated food.
Chen Wenxiong said that since the epidemic, overseas Chinese who have traveled to France from all over the country have shown great strength and made a large amount of donations to help France fight the new crown epidemic, reflecting the excellent tradition of overseas Chinese working together to overcome difficulties. The anti-epidemic material donation group composed of Chinese societies and enterprises in the 13th district of Paris has been very effective. The donated materials have been continuously increased according to needs.
Chen Wenxiong said that with these donations, it not only solved the urgent needs of the frontline medical staff in 13 districts, but also brought a sense of security to the businesses and residents here.
He also reminded that although the French government decided to lift the ban gradually on May 11, the epidemic has not ended, and everyone still needs to strengthen self-protection. While gradually resuming production activities, do not relax your protective measures to avoid the second wave of epidemics. (Huang Guanjie)