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LafargeHolcim India supplies 200 oxygen concentrators to Delhi ANI | Updated: May 10, 2021 16:54 IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Infrastructure major LafargeHolcim India and its two operating companies Ambuja Cements and ACC Ltd have provided 200 oxygen concentrators in Delhi to help tackle the pandemic and support the community.
The oxygen concentrators were transported on May 6 and supplied to four locations Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Yamuna Sports Complex, Asian Commonwealth Games Village (both of which are Covid treatment centres) and Save Life Foundation. The current health crisis in India requires all of us to become more responsible. We will continue to extend our support to community members and authorities across India to counter the upheaval created by Covid-19 pandemic, said Neeraj Akhoury, Managing Director and CEO of Ambuja Cements Ltd.
LafargeHolcim supplies 200 oxygen concentrators to Delhi
ANI
10 May 2021, 21:55 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Infrastructure major LafargeHolcim India and its two operating companies Ambuja Cements and ACC Ltd have provided 200 oxygen concentrators in Delhi to help tackle the pandemic and support the community.
The oxygen concentrators were transported on May 6 and supplied to four locations Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Yamuna Sports Complex, Asian Commonwealth Games Village (both of which are Covid treatment centres) and Save Life Foundation. The current health crisis in India requires all of us to become more responsible. We will continue to extend our support to community members and authorities across India to counter the upheaval created by Covid-19 pandemic, said Neeraj Akhoury, Managing Director and CEO of Ambuja Cements Ltd.
Express News Service
The current wave of COVID-19 is nothing closer to what it was last year. It is aggressive and taking down elderly, young and children equally.
Shortage of beds, oxygen cylinders and medication has put India on spot as the epicentre of the pandemic. In this grim situation, NRIs Rohit Mediratta (42) and his wife Kanika (42) took the initiative of raising funds and arranging concentrators for India.
Kanika and Rohit, who have been living in Palo Alto, California, for the past eight years, got to know about the acute shortage of oxygen for patients while speaking to the latter’s brother who is a neurosurgeon at a prominent hospital in Delhi.
APPEAL: Amir Khan is aiming to raise at least £100,000 though his charitable foundation AMIR Khan has launched an appeal to help India in its fight against coronavirus which is spreading rapidly across the nation. In one week, India reported more than two million coronavirus cases and it is estimated that one person is dying every four seconds in New Delhi, the nation’s capital. In a bid to battle the surge in cases, the Bolton-born boxing champion has announced details of an emergency appeal which he hopes will help ensure that India’s most vulnerable get the help they need.