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# Papua New Guinea Defense Force Receives Medical Supplies and Equipment from the U.S. 

By StaffEmbassy of the U.S.

                TAURANAM BARRACKS, PORT MORSBY, Papua New Guinea  –              
Withsupport from the Government of the United States of America, Project C.U.R.E.(Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment), an American NGO, sent medicalsupplies and equipment to the PNG Defense Forces. U.S. Ambassador to Papua NewGuinea, Walter North, presented these materials to the PNG Defense Force (PNGDF)Military Hospital on Thursday, December 11. PNGDF Commander, Brigadier GeneralGilbert Toropo, was on hand to accept the medical supplies on behalf of thehospital.

The medical supplies and equipment, valued at 200,000 U.S. dollars (K500,000) included dental equipment, medical supplies, pediatric provisions, andhospital furniture.

“The equipment is timely for our hospital as it was upgraded two years agofrom a health clinic to a hospital that now provides medical care for up to 150patients a day,” said Commanding Officer of the PNGDF Military Hospital,Lieutenant Colonel Mathew Kasap.

Project C.U.R.E. is the registered trademark of the Benevolent HealthcareFoundation, a non-profit humanitarian relief organization, which is based in theUnited States. Project C.U.R.E. is one of the largest providers of donatedmedical supplies and equipment to developing countries around the world. Theorganization collects and sorts donated medical supplies and equipment frommanufacturers, hospitals, and surpluses and then distribute the supplies andequipment to developing countries based on needs assessments of local hospitalsand clinics in those countries.

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