: Tech firms extend more help to India suffering from Covid #IndiaNEWS #Health Tech Mahindra on Monday announced its support to #OxygenForIndia, a volunteer-run organisation, to deploy 3,000 oxygen

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Tech firms extend more help to India suffering from Covid #IndiaNEWS #Health
Tech Mahindra on Monday announced its support to #OxygenForIndia , a volunteer-run organisation, to deploy 3,000 oxygen concentrators and 40,000 oxygen cylinders to help resolve the oxygen crisis in India.

#OxygenForIndia is a campaign put together by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP), and is aimed at delivering oxygen cylinders to those in need, and especially those who may have difficulty in being admitted to a hospital due to financial constraints.

As part of the partnership, Tech Mahindra will provide its leading technological and functional expertise to digitally support the campaign by enabling their supply chain applications and streamlining operations with RFD ID (Radio-frequency identification) tracking. Additionally, the partnership will also utilise the operational capabilities of Mahindra Logistics and leverage the Mahindra ecosystem of suppliers, customers, partners, and associates for funding to aid the campaign.

Technology firm HCL has extended its Covid-19 mitigation efforts across the country to include Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and other states.

These efforts include a 100 bedded Covid treatment facility (including 50 oxygen beds) at Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Greater Noida. In Lucknow, HCL has provided six ICU ventilators, 20 oxygen beds and a mini oxygen generator plant (capacity of 45 LPM) to the Fatima Hospital.

In addition, HCL is also supporting essential equipment and consumables at an L-1 Covid Care Facility, as well as the District Hospital in Hardoi.

In Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, HCL has provided 30 ICU beds at St Johns Hospital in Bengaluru, safety gear and PPE for frontline workers in Madurai and Chennai, as well as essential medical and non-medical equipment for Covid treating institutions in Chennai.

HCL has also collaborated with local Municipal bodies to spearhead vaccination centres in cities and towns including Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Vijayawada, Madurai, Lucknow, and J&K.

Global ICT solutions provider Huawei is also undertaking initiatives to provide care, support, and ensure the wellbeing of all employees. Huawei has set up an emergency team, a dedicated portal for Covid-19 care, as a one-stop solution for employees to address any related issue or clarification.

The company has arranged an exclusive 247 ambulance service available to all employees and their dependents in case of emergency. The company has also arranged for emergency beds with oxygen support in partnership with leading hospitals in case any employee or their dependents are unable to find a bed at the time of need.

Huawei is preparing to build a facility to administer vaccines onsite at the Bangalore R&D Centre.