City hospital offers helping hand to Thailand in coronavirus fight

Shanghai Ren'ai Hospital has donated seven boxes of medical supplies to the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Shanghai, for epidemic prevention in Thailand.

Thailand is in a tough fight with the novel coronavirus and a rising number of patients has been confirmed. It had 2,258 confirmed patients by 10:32am on Tuesday with 26 deaths and 1,408 in hospitalized.

It is facing a possible shortage of medical supplies as the virus spreads.

Ren'ai set up a special team for overseas donations and raised supplies including surgical masks, protective clothing and hand sanitizer. The supplies were sent to the consulate on Wednesday.

Sasirit Tangulrat, consul-general of the Thai Consulate, said China's sharing experiences on battling the coronavirus with other countries made traditional Chinese medicine known to the public all over the world.

She appreciated the hospital for providing precious experience and other supports and hoped China and Thailand can work together to defeat the virus and overcome difficulties.

Liu Chunlong, president of the hospital, said coronavirus is the common enemy for all countries and it is willing to contribute to overseas friends' epidemic prevention with its own supplies.

Ti Gong