IOCC brings aid with health medicaments to Albania

TIRANA, Oct 7 – The International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has delivered 25 pallets of medical supplies and over-the-counter drugs to Tirana, Albania.
The shipment, worth $1 million, included over-the-counter cough and cold medicines that are not available in Albania and included hundreds of gloves, bandages, syringes, needles, catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and ankle and knee supports.
Albania’s medical infrastructure is poorly developed with many of its hospitals struggling to maintain the barest of necessities. Consumable drugs and supplies such as sutures, gloves, dressings and surgical equipment are in extremely short supply or not available. This is IOCC’s fourth shipment of medicines and medical supplies to Albania. The supplies were provided by Medical Teams International (MTI), IOCC’s long time partner for such medical shipments, and made possible through a donation by the Roberto Bazzoni Onlus Foundation.
IOCC, founded in 1992 as the official humanitarian aid agency of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA), has implemented over $275 million in relief and development programs in 33 countries around the world.