Singapore Red Cross sends Rs 38 crore for COVID-19 relief to India
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Last Updated: Jun 04, 2021, 10:48 AM IST
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Williams received a SGD1 million cheque of donations collected by the Singapore Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) and the Little Indian Shopkeepers and Heritage Association (LISHA).
SRC is sending close to SGD7 million, collected under Indian COVID Relief Fund, to its counterpart in India, Williams told on Thursday.
Singapore Red Cross (SRC) is sending nearly SGD 7 million (approx Rs 38 crore) to its counterpart in India for distribution to hospitals and medical institutions fighting the country s worst health crisis, its secretary general and CEO Benjamin Williams has said.
Singapore Red Cross (SRC) is sending nearly SGD 7 million (approx Rs 38 crore) to its counterpart in India for distribution to hospitals and medical institutions fighting the country s worst health crisis, its secretary general and CEO Benjamin Williams has said. Williams received a SGD1 million cheque of donations collected by the Singapore Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) and the Little Indian Shopkeepers and Heritage Association (LISHA). Singaporeans have the heart to donate, said LISHA Chairman C Sankaranathan at the cheque presentation ceremony on Thursday. The plight of India is deeply saddening. We want to thank everyone who has pitched in to make a difference in the unprecedented crisis that India is facing.
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Highlighting Singapore s status as a vital trade and logistics hub, Indian High Commissioner P Kumaran on Thursday said that they have thus been able to mop up supplies of various essential items such as cryogenic oxygen tanks, oxygen cylinders, oxygen concentrators and BiPAP machines and ventilators.
Read more about Countries need to help each on Covid crisis: Indian envoy in Singapore on Business Standard. Till date, 85 ISO tanks, 8,300 concentrators, 16,000 cylinders, 2,000 BiPAP/Ventilators have been sent to India from Singapore.
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