A patient receives medical oxygen in a ward at the Covid-19 Care Center in New Delhi.
Jaspreet Rai is desperately trying to do her part for the country she left more than 30 years ago: help its people breathe.
Rai, 53, who moved to Endicott, New York the birthplace of IBM from Punjab, is the founder of Sanrai International, a provider of oxygen concentrators. With India now the epicenter of the pandemic, counting about 3,500 Covid-19 deaths daily, and oxygen supplies running out, Rai has rushed to help her former homeland cope with its worst crisis in recent history. This is probably the hardest time they re going through, Rai said of her 100-strong staff on the ground, who will supply 30,000 units across India in May, several times the 1,500 Sanrai normally provides in a year. When you don t have equipment, and you re trying to hold people, and they re gasping, literally gasping for air. And you re like, look, I ve sold my last unit, I have to wait until the next stock com
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A patient receives medical oxygen in a ward of Kovid-19 Care Center in New Delhi.
Jaspreet Rai has been trying his best to do his part for the country more than 30 years ago: help your people breathe.
Rai, 53, who moved to Indicot, New York, the birthplace of IBM, Punjab, is the founder of Sanrai International, a company providing oxygen concentrations. With India now the epicenter of the epidemic, around 3,500 Kovid-19 deaths per day, and oxygen supply continuing, Rai has left to help her former homeland cope with its worst crisis in recent history.
Rai said, “This is probably the most difficult time when they came on the field with their 100 employees, who will supply 30,000 units across India in May, many times providing 1,500 Sanrai normally in a year.” When you don’t have the equipment, and you’re trying to catch people, and they’re gasping, literally gasping for air. And you like, look, I’ve sold my last unit, I’ll have to wait until then.
Read more about Covid: Indian diaspora struggles to help homeland gasping for air on Business Standard. The number of daily new coronavirus cases in India on Saturday topped the 400,000 mark for the first time
Millions of Indians spread across the globe one of the worlds largest diasporas are trying to do what they can to help their country of origin as heart-wrenching images of people lining up for oxygen cylinders, waiting outside hospitals for a bed or huddling around funeral pyres flash across their screens. Some have been unable to do anything to save family members who have succumbed to the disease.
A medic checks on a Covid-19 patient at a hospital in Bengaluru. (ANI Photo)
Jaspreet Rai is desperately trying to do her part for the country she left more than 30 years ago: help its people breathe.
Rai, 53, who moved to Endicott, New York the birthplace of IBM from Punjab, in India, is the founder of Sanrai International, a provider of oxygen concentrators. With India now the epicenter of the pandemic, counting about 3,500 Covid-19 deaths daily, and oxygen supplies running out, Rai has rushed to help her former homeland cope with its worst crisis in recent history.
“This is probably the hardest time they’re going through,” Rai said of her 100-strong staff on the ground, who will supply 30,000 units across India in May, several times the 1,500 Sanrai normally provides in a year. “When you don’t have equipment, and you’re trying to hold people, and they’re gasping, literally gasping for air. And you’re like, look, I’ve sold my last unit, I have to wait unt