Health & Sanitation

Continuing its commitment to support India in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, LG Electronics has pledged to help 10 makeshift hospitals across India. This will be done in association with local government bodies and NGOs. As a part of this association, LG will be providing financial assistance of $5.5 million to set up medical infrastructure...

As Goa battles the 2nd wave of Covid-19 pandemic with a sudden surge in COVID cases, Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore has committed to add 100-bed infrastructure capacity at Goa, to support the state Govt. in combating COVID pandemic. 100-Bed infrastructure will be rolled out as extension to Goa Medical College at Bambolim, Goa...

Singapore-based Global Schools Foundation (GSF) has dispatched more than 500 oxygen concentrators to India for Covid-19 affected patients. This life-saving equipment is in addition to the first shipment of 200 oxygen cylinders sent on an urgent basis as part of a larger consignment onboard the Indian Navy warship Airavat to aid in transportation of medical...

Piramal Swasthya Management and Research Institute, the primary healthcare and nutrition initiative under the aegis of Piramal Foundation, in partnership with Government of Bihar is collectively working to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic across five Aspirational Districts of the state. The five districts from Bihar are Sitamarhi, Katihar, Araria, Sheikhpura and Begusarai. Piramal Swasthya has collaborated...

After several days of high fever, when there was no improvement in my health, it was time to go to the hospital, which set in motion a life-changing reality check. It was a huge challenge to get a bed in a small, run-down nursing home with insufficient medical facilities, not knowing whether there would...

SBI Life Insurance joins hands with Growdiesel Climate Care Council, a non-profit organisation, launched an AI-enabled Mobile Clinic for Covid-19 Testing & Vaccination to accelerate the much needed scaling up of testing & vaccination in Delhi. The initiative has been undertaken as part of SBI Life’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and will support in making...

Tech company Acer today announced that it is donating oxygen concentrators to help India fight the COVID-19 crisis. Leveraging its global presence, the company is procuring oxygen concentrators for India at this time of need and the first batch of oxygen concentrators has arrived in the country for immediate distribution. Harish Kohli, President & MD,...

L&T has procured and supplied 24 ventilators in an effort to immediately alleviate the shortage of medical equipment in South Gujarat. In the backdrop of the increased numbers of positive cases requiring ventilator support, L&T provided high-end ventilators to SMIMER, Civil and other dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in South Gujarat. The critical medical equipment was handed...

As part of its ongoing response to the pandemic, Singaporean banking and financial services conglomerate DBS Bank has joined hands with the Indian and Singapore Governments and partnered with leading NGOs to support the augmentation of healthcare facilities, including government hospitals and COVID centres across major cities. The overall contribution across all the CSR initiatives...

India Inc has risen to the challenge of the global pandemic with high-value CSR contributions in cash and kind. Corporate social responsibility has been giving hope to the despondent, food to the hungry, funds to the jobless and support to the frontline workers. Top CSR contributions for Covid Here are some of the biggest CSR contributions...

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...

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...