MediBuddy, HCL to support India s Covid mitigation efforts
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New Delhi, May 14 : Digital healthcare platform MediBuddy has tied up with more than 350 top hospitals across 130 cities to strengthen the vaccine rollout across the country, the company said on Friday.
The company will lend its full support to state governments administering vaccination drives in cities including Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Indore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Noida, and Kochi.
MediBuddy will also facilitate vaccinations for over 700 corporate houses that support 15 million employees and their dependents at vaccination camps which can be set either in their office or at any MediBuddy partnered hospital.
COVID-19: HCL providing support to over 500 hospital beds in Delhi-NCR
At CWG, in partnership with Delhi government and Doctors For You , HCL has supported import and installation of an oxygen plant for the facility.
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HCL has also been extending its support for critical human resources to treat the high number of COVID positive patients at the CWG facility.
Amidst the surge in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, IT company HCL has stepped up its efforts and is providing assistance to 500 hospital beds in Delhi-NCR region. .HCL s support includes assistance in the form of more than 500 hospital beds at various facilities such as the Commonwealth Games (CWG) village, Holy Family Hospital, Sama Hospital and Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi; and Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida Authority, the company said in a statement.
HCL to support Delhi govt with ready to use oxygen plants, cylinders
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AAA HCL Group on Tuesday said it is supporting the Delhi Government with 12,000 oxygen cylinders each with a capacity of 40 liters, along with 21 Oxygen Plants that will generate 8,800 liters of oxygen per minute, catering to around 1,500 patients at a time.
“Two of these ready-to-use Oxygen Plants which are being imported from France have already been delivered and will get installed at Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in New Delhi,” it said in a statement.
Earlier, the company had said it is extending support for COVID-19 care facilities in Delhi-NCR, including facilitating setting up of more than 500 hospital beds at various facilities such as the Commonwealth Games Village (CWG), Holy Family Hospital, Sama Hospital and Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi; and Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida Authority.
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