WASHINGTON: A Indian-American set of doctors is sending 5,000 oxygen concentrators into India to rescue the lives of those population infected with the coronavirus.
Even the recently-created Federation of Indian Physicians Association (FIPA) stated on Friday the 5,000 oxygen concentrators have been bought.
Of them, 450 units have reached Ahmedabad, 325 are in their way to Delhi along with 300 other people to Mumbai.
“These components must be obtained by local Indian spouses hospitals, makeshift isolation facilities, recently created cellular hospitals and hospitals to ensure local partners at the distant parts of India may make use of these components to offer oxygen into Covid patients as necessary,” stated DR Raj Bhayani, president FIPA.
Around 3,500 units are still waiting to be sent, he explained, including that FIPA has achieved into the embassy, along with also the ministry of Air and Air India to aid transfer these components instantly.
Having a list of 4,14,188 fresh coronavirus illnesses being reported a day,” India’s overall tally of all Covid-19 cases increased to 2,14,91,598, although the death toll climbed to 2,34,083 together with 3,915 deaths reported at 24 hours Friday, as stated by the Union Health Ministry statistics.
Iowa-based Sehgal Foundation, the nonprofit body that works in many rural regions of India, in another announcement said that it’s sending 200 oxygen concentrators into India.
The base said it”is working tirelessly to make sure that the aid is achieved to the folks grappling with all the Covid-19 spike in India.”
Indian-Americans at Greater Boston, a public organization, is currently building a 5k digital Walk/Run on the weekend to raise capital for its Covid-19 help to India.
Kerala Association of Connecticut has launched a design effort to help fight the Covid-19 spike scenario in India.
The money contributed will be led towards Supplying Oxygenators to Hospitals through Give India platform along with their network partners, the institution stated.
Developed by Krishna Srinivasan, the institution is aiming to increase USD 5,000.
Indian-American Vandana Karna on Saturday started another fundraising effort to save cash in rural Bihar.
In only a couple hours, Bihar Aid raised over USD 8,000 of their first aim of USD 10,000.
“That is our very first call to assist with dispatch of the next to Darbhanga where many areas are sealed because of high disease rate,” Karna said.
Bihar Aid intends to deliver air flow meters, cortical cylinders (D type), Oxygen concentrators, Pulse oximeter and sensor-based sanitising machines along with PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) oxygen production plants,” she explained.
