On 5th of February, 2021, a chartered flight arranged by New Delhi’s Apollo Hospital along with the Indian embassy landed in the Capital with Twenty-one end-stage kidney, liver and heart patients from Myanmar, who are lined up to undergo organ transplants, and had been waiting for months for travel restrictions due to the pandemic to ease as transplant surgeries are not widely done in their country.
“With initial lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed worldwide to contain the spread of coronavirus, the condition of these patients had deteriorated to such an extent that a transplant was the only way out. These patients were chronic cases of kidney, liver and cardiovascular diseases and have been waiting for organ transplants for over six months now,” the hospital mentioned in a statement.“Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals along with the Indian embassy has arranged for a special chartered flight to get these patients to India for immediate kidney/liver transplants and expedite treatment for patients requiring attention for cardiovascular ailments,” the statement added.“Under the Indian mission in Myanmar, numerous patients have been transported to get medical treatment in India.
They had been waiting for a while, some even for over six months, to get treated. These are all critically ill patients who were on regular follow-up but couldn’t travel for treatment. We tried to treat them optimally through virtual consultations, but now they needed surgery,” said Dr Anupam Sibal, group medical director of Apollo Hospitals.India’s outreach to MyanmarMyanmar is one of the first countries to receive India’s gift of the “Make in India” COVIDSHIELD vaccine’s consignment of 1.5 million doses of vaccines, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.
Myanmar is an important land and maritime neighbour of India with which India shares close historical, civilisational, cultural, religious, linguistic and ethnic ties. Myanmar is a vital component of India’s “Neighbourhood First” and “Act East” policies.In line with its “Neighbourood First” policy, India earlier has extended COVID related assistance to Myanmar in two tranches worth Rs 9.380 crores.
In May 2020, the first tranche consisting of medicines, medical equipment worth Rs 8.526 crores was provided. The second tranche consisting of vials of Remdesivir was provided during the visit of Foreign Secretary and Chief of Army Staff to Myanmar in October 2020.India’s Vaccine DiplomacyFor a world hit by pandemic induced isolation and social distancing norms, Indian vaccines have made a huge impact and instilled new hope in this fight.
World is pleasantly surprised that India has already gifted over 56 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines under grants assistance to many countries. Over 100 lakh doses have also been sent under commercial supplies, as stated by the Ministry of External Affairs on 5th Feb.
The world’s pharmacy has already supplied vaccines to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, the UAE, Brazil, Morocco, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Algeria, Kuwait and South Africa till date. Alongside, more than 50 lakh people in the country got vaccinated successfully.
Who’s next?India has so far supplied COVID- 19 vaccine to 15 countries and another 25 nations are in the queue at different levels for the jab, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar recently said.MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava mentioned that Indian vaccines are scheduled to reach the Caribbean countries, Pacific Island states, Nicaragua, and Mongolia, in the coming weeks.Over the next few days, New Delhi plans to gift 5 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines to CARICOM countries (Caribbean Community), and another 2 lakh doses each to Nicaragua and the Pacific Island states. “In the coming weeks, Indian vaccines are scheduled to reach CARICOM countries (the Caribbean), Pacific Island States, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Mongolia etc,” the MEA Spokesperson added.
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