Siemens to Provide Medical Equipment, Energy Support to Beirut Victims
August 12 2020 - 07:30AM
Dow Jones News
By Cecilia Butini
Siemens AG said Wednesday that it will provide medical equipment
and energy support to the victims of the Aug. 4 blast that hit the
city of Beirut in Lebanon.
The German technology conglomerate said its medical-equipment
subsidiary Siemens Healthineers AG is set to provide ultrasound
systems and a mobile X-ray unit to be used in Beirut hospitals,
while Siemens Energy will give two mobile gas turbines to be used
to generate electrical power in the city.
The turbines have a total electrical capacity of about 80
megawatts and are able to provide electricity to about 150,000
people, the company said. The use of the turbines, which is worth
about $40 million a year, will be free of charge for one year for
Beirut's population, the company said.
Delivery and startup of the turbines is expected in the next six
to 12 weeks, Siemens said.
Write to Cecilia Butini at cecilia.butini@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 12, 2020 07:15 ET (11:15 GMT)
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