An NGO distributes ration in Ambedkar Nagar near Backbay bus depot MUMBAI: US-based Indian doctors and philanthropic groups have joined hands with Parel’s Tata Memorial Hospital to tackle the surge in demand for medical oxygen. On Sunday, 3,800 oxygen concentrato-rs landed at Mumbai and Delhi airports from the US where the devices travelled to nearly 40 hospitals in 15 states. Another batch of 1,500 oxygen concentrators is likely to arrive soon. Dr Rajendra Badwe, director of Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), said the diaspora has arranged over 5,000 oxygen concentrators in record 10 days. These, he said, will help decongest ICUs and oxygen beds and support patients waiting for a hospital bed. The devices would be distributed to over 200 hospitals in the National Cancer Grid (NCG) and other state and civic facilities treating Covid patients, he said. In Mumbai, KEM, Sion and JJ hospitals will get the devices.