Regarding the aid sent by Turkey to Somalia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that “the ventilators developed with National Technology Move would be a breath of life for our Somali brothers”.
In a post shared on his Twitter account, President Erdoğan said: “The ventilators, developed with National Technology Move, will be a breath of life for our Somali brothers. Civilization is not a matter of probability but consciousness. Our nation’s conscience and capabilities are at the service of oppressed peoples and nations in need. At the heart of my sacred nation is a plane tree called mercy.”
Somali is the first foreign country to which domestic intensive care ventilators are sent
On the other hand, Turkey has sent medical supplies, including domestic intensive care ventilators to Somalia for the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19). Somalia became the first foreign country to receive domestic intensive care ventilators.
Equipment prepared by the Ministries of National Defense, Health, Industry and Technology, by the order of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was loaded on the A 400M transport aircraft last night at Etimesgut Military Airport.
The aid on the aircraft consisted of a large amount of preventive healthcare equipment such as 10 domestic intensive care ventilators, out of 5,000 produced at the first stage, and diagnostic kits, overalls, and masks.
Thus Somalia, discovered to lack ventilators, was the first foreign country where the domestic intensive care ventilator was sent, the mass production of which started within 14 days under the Ministry of Industry and Technology's coordination.
The aircraft, which departed after loading the medical aid packages that bore the Turkish Presidential seal along with the Turkish and Somali flags and a famous saying by 13th-century poet Mevlana: “There is hope after despair and many suns after darkness” both in Turkish and Somali, reached Somalia.