Torrent Group facilitates medical oxygen supplies to 10,000 patients per day
May 12, 2021
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Also deploys two cryogenic tankers of 18 MT each for the transportation of liquid medical oxygen. Amid a severe shortage of oxygen for Covid-19 patients, the Ahmedabad-based Torrent Group has taken initiatives to facilitate medical oxygen requirements of about 10,000 patients per day, the company informed.
In an official statement, Torrent Group has donated 50 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen production plants to 50 different Government Hospitals across Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Tamil Nadu & Telangana.
In addition to that, it has also deployed two cryogenic tankers of 18 MT each for the transportation of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) and donated 1,000 oxygen cylinders and 200 oxygen concentrators.
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Company: Wipro
Azim Premji the founder chairman of Wipro has been dubbed ‘India’s most generous’ by the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020. With a donation of ₹7,904 crore, Premji and his family topped the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020. He has donated 10 times more than the second person on the list, Shiv Nadar and family.
The Azim Premji Endowment Fund owns 13.6% of the IT Czar’s shareholding in Wipro and has the right to receive all money earned from promoter shares.
On 1 April 2020, Azim Premji Foundation committed ₹1,000 crore for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak along with ₹100 crore from Wipro and ₹25 crore from Wipro Enterprises a sum total of ₹1,125 crore.
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