Prioritise oxygen needs while using CSR funds, Stalin urges industries
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May 19, 2021 16:14 IST
During his meeting with representatives from industrial organisations, the Tamil Nadu CM appealed to industrialists to donate generously to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to help the government in the fight against COVID-19
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During his meeting with representatives from industrial organisations, the Tamil Nadu CM appealed to industrialists to donate generously to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to help the government in the fight against COVID-19
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin called upon industrial organisations and commercial associations to contribute towards controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the State. He urged industries to use their CSR contributions towards oxygen concentrators, oxygen generators, oxygen flow-meters and oxygen cylinders.
Loyola Alumni Association distributes COVID care kits among underprivileged
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May 19, 2021 23:32 IST
Each kit contains pulse oximeter, sanitiser, face shield, a packet of Kabasura kudineer, 30 pieces of masks and 30 zinc vitamin tablets
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Each kit contains pulse oximeter, sanitiser, face shield, a packet of Kabasura kudineer, 30 pieces of masks and 30 zinc vitamin tablets Loyola Alumni Association, through the college’s outreach volunteers, has started supplying home care COVID-19 medical kits to the underprivileged families in select areas with the help of the Greater Chennai Corporation.
The kit has been given to 184 outreach community leaders from 39 neighbourhood areas. The kit contains a pulse oximeter, sanitiser, face shield, a packet of
Chennai colleges join civic body to provide Covid care centres
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Chennai colleges join civic body to provide Covid care centres. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, May 17 : Colleges in Chennai are opening their campuses for oxygen beds and isolation rooms and are preparing food for frontline workers and a majority of these colleges have handed over their buildings to the Greater Chennai Corporation. These colleges are being converted into Covid care centres.
Madras Christian College (MCC) has launched an ambulance service, a 15-bed isolation centre for patients with mild symptoms and a five-bed facility for primary contacts.
Paul Wilson, principal of the MCC told IANS: The facility is open to the general public, our faculty, staff members, students and our alumni. The centre will also provide online medical consultation. Food and nursing services are also provided at the Covid care centre here.
Chennai Corporation to conduct massive vax drive from Friday
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Chennai Corporation to conduct massive vax drive from Friday. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, May 14 : The Greater Chennai Corporation will conduct a massive vaccination drive for the next three days beginning Friday.
This drive will cover one lakh people aged above 45 years.
The vaccination drive has special focus on North Chennai.
Thiruvottiyur, Tondiarpet, and Thiru Vaika Nagar which had a low coverage of inoculation of those aged above 45 years are the main focus for the drive.
Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner, Gagan Singh Bedi told IANS, We will be completing the stocks of vaccine that we have and will vaccinate the maximum number of people in a short time to cut the rate of transmission and hence this massive drive among people who have not yet taken the jabs.