WHO / POLAND MEDICAL CARGO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said a shipment of life-saving medical supplies has arrived in Warsaw for delivery to Ukraine. WHO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:05
• Production Date: 3 March 2022
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; HEALTH; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 2715968
• Parent Id: 2715968
• Alternate Title: unifeed220303h

Description

STORY: WHO / POLAND MEDICAL CARGO
TRT: 2:05
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 03 MARCH 2022, WARSAW, POLAND

Shotlist

03 MARCH 2022, WARSAW, POLAND

1. Wide shot, plane carrying medical supplies landing
2. Various shots, plane carrying medical supplies taxing on runway
3. Various shots, workers unloading medical supplies
4. Various shots, medical supplies on runway
5. Various shots, medical supplies being transported to warehouse
6. Various shots, Salio on runway
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Flavio Salio, Emergency Medical Teams Network Leader, World Health Organization (WHO):
“I’m here in Poland where 36 metric tonnes of medical supplies have just landed, destined for Ukraine. We have surgical supplies to treat the wounded, as well as medicine for all other diseases that do not stop for war.”
8. Wide shot, WHO staff walking down stairs
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Flavio Salio, Emergency Medical Teams Network Leader, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The supplies will be moved into trucks to the border with Ukraine, and then further, to support the affected health system.”
10. Various shots, Salio inspecting medical supplies in warehouse

Storyline

The World Health Organization (WHO) said a shipment of life-saving medical supplies has arrived in Warsaw for delivery to Ukraine.

WHO’s Emergency Medical Teams Network Leader Flavio Salio said 36 tonnes of supplies arrived from the Organizations warehouse in Dubai and more is en route as the need continues rising across Ukraine.

WHO said this shipment includes trauma supplies to meet the needs of 1,000 patients requiring surgical care, and other medical supplies to meet the needs of some 150,000 people.

WHO noted that health facilities and health workers in Ukraine are in dire need of supplies to continue treating casualties as well as people who are ill from other conditions. WHO strongly called for safe passage for these and other humanitarian and health deliveries.