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Diageo pledges ₹45 cr for India’s Covid public health infra
May 24, 2021
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To help nodal govt hospitals in 21 districts to set up pressure swing adsorption oxygen plants to create long-term oxygen capacity
Liquor manufacturer Diageo has pledged ₹45 crore to support India’s Covid-19 public health infrastructure during the second surge of the pandemic.
Through this initiative, Diageo will help nodal government hospitals in 21 districts to set up Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants to create long-term oxygen capacity. Diageo will provide state governments fully-equipped, prefabricated 16-bed mini-hospital units with PSA oxygen plants in the 15 most critical districts. This will help increase the hospital bed capacity in the district with the flexibility to upgrade to ICUs or Critical Care as well as relocate to districts of greatest need. In addition, the company will donate medical equipment including oxygen concentrators, oxygen cylinders, ventilator beds and
As Bengaluru continues to fight the deadly second wave of COVID-19, a group of entrepreneurs have stepped forward to provide free treatment in the new 100-bed facility.
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday suggested involvement of major vaccine manufacturers to speed up production of Covid-19 vaccines and re-hiring of recently retired nursing and paramedical staff to undertake the inoculation drive on a "mission mode" across the country.