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CSR: Mahindra rolls out O2W ‘Oxygen on Wheels’ to ensure swift supply of oxygen in Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Chakan, Nasik and Nagpur

Amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, India is dealing with an acute shortage of oxygen supply. The Mahindra Group has rolled out a free service initiative, ‘Oxygen on Wheels’ (O2W), which will strengthen the availability of oxygen by connecting oxygen producers with the hospitals and medical centres in dire need of it. O2W...

RTX and its companies donating 1,000 oxygen concentrators to India

Raytheon Technologies Corporation aka RTX employs nearly 5,000 people in India, primarily through Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace. The company is donating 1,000 oxygen concentrators that have already started arriving in India. This aid is part of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and organizations actively working with the government across the country. RTX is...

How Asthma Inhalers Can Help Beat the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 4th is recognized as World Asthma Day. The day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic took over the world and claimed many lives, the people of the world were praying for the year to...

World Asthma Day 2021 – Misconceptions related to COVID-19

Did you know that having asthma does not make you more susceptible to COVID-19? Since coronavirus affects the lungs and so does asthma, it's assumed that asthmatics are at higher risk but the latest research shows that there is no such evidence. So, you can heave a sigh of relief, literally! With World Asthma...

Oxygen shortage – Gujarat Cooperatives to the Rescue

According to the Indian government, the demand for oxygen in hospitals and healthcare facilities has increased almost ten times compared to demand prior to the pandemic. With COVID-19 cases rising rapidly, many patients with severe infection are not getting the emergency oxygen supply they need. In order to help fulfill the rapidly increasing requirement...

Paytm to airlift 21,000 Oxygen Concentrators under its #OxygenForIndia CSR initiative

Digital financial services platform Paytm announced that under the #OxygenForIndia initiative, it is set to airlift 21,000 Oxygen Concentrators (OCs) which is expected to reach India in the first week of May. These devices would be immediately sent to government hospitals, COVID care facilities, private hospitals, nursing homes as well as Resident Welfare Associations. The...

RSBL and JITO – Mumbai open zero-cost, 100-bed isolation centres for COVID-19 patients

In the second COVID-19 wave, Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO) Mumbai Zone - Gowalia Tank and Walkeshwar Chapter along with Babulal Bhansali, MD of Bhansali Engineering Polymers Limited, and Jain Doctor Federation have come to the rescue by starting a COVID-19 Isolation Centre at Janta Nagar Mumbai Public School in Tardeo, Mumbai. Another 100-bed centre...

CSR arm of Aster DM Healthcare and Al Shifa Hospital setting up 50-bed Covid Hospital in New Delhi

Aster Volunteers, the global CSR arm of Aster DM Healthcare has signed an MoU with Al Shifa Multispecialty Hospital in New Delhi to help set up a 50-bed field hospital to meet the increasing shortage of hospital beds for Covid-19 patients. The CSR initiative is aimed at supporting patients who are financially disadvantaged and yet...

CSR: Goldman Sachs Commits Additional Rs. 74 crores to Support COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Efforts in India

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has announced an additional $10 million (Rs 74 crores) commitment to support relief and recovery efforts in India, as the country experiences a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. “Since the onset of the pandemic, our firm has been focused on how we can help communities around the world, including...

Hero MotoCorp CSR steps up Covid-19 relief initiatives

In keeping with its commitment towards the COVID-19 relief efforts, Hero MotoCorp Ltd has rapidly expanded its initiatives across the country. Under the company's CSR platform 'Hero WeCare', Hero MotoCorp has partnered with the Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal (RMSK) at Haridwar in Uttarakhand for strengthening their healthcare system and response to Covid-19. Hero MotoCorp is...

FUEL Trust Starts Fundraiser for 50 Oxygen Concentrators

Ketan Deshpande and Santosh Huralikoppi from FUEL Trust (www.fuelfornation.com) have started a fundraiser to place an order for 50 oxygen concentrators and COVID-related emergency supplies. India is facing huge challenges due to Covid Pandemic and many are succumbing to this deadly virus due to the lack of availability of oxygen cylinders and other medical supplies. We...

World Malaria Day 2021 – Top CSR Initiatives to Eradicate Malaria from India

World Malaria Day today 2021 brings with it a ray of hope for eradicating the disease. The first malaria vaccine to show more than 75% efficacy has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford, according to The Lancet journal. This is a medical breakthrough and crosses the goal specified by the World...

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