Reliance sets up India's first dedicated centre to contain Coronavirus; donates ₹5 crore to Maharashtra CM relief fund

News Bharati    23-Mar-2020 19:18:54 PM
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Mumbai, March 23: Combating the coronavirus pandemic and despite the market slowdown in India, the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced in collaboration with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), setting up India's first dedicated hospital with 100-bedded center at Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai on Monday. RIL also declared initial support of ₹5 crores to Maharastra Chief Relief fund.

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"In a short time-span of just two weeks, Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital in collaboration with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has set up a dedicated 100-bedded center at Seven Hills Hospital, Mumbai for patients who test positive for Covid-19," the statement read.
 
The Reliance Foundation Hospital has also offered to provide special medical facilities for quarantine travelers who have come from virus-hit countries and for suspected cases identified through contact tracing. A fully-equipped isolation facility has been built by RIL in Maharashtra's Lodhivali, which has been handed over to district authorities. Meanwhile, Reliance Foundation has partnered with NGOs across various cities to serve free meals to people in need.

"This first-of-its-kind-in-India center is fully funded by Reliance Foundation and includes a negative pressure room that helps in preventing cross-contamination and helps control infection. All beds are equipped with the required infrastructure, bio-medical equipment such as ventilators, pacemakers, dialysis machines, and patient monitoring devices," it added.

RIL has enhanced its production capacities to produce 1 lakh face-masks per day and a large number of personal protective equipment (PPEs), such as suits and garments for health workers across India to equip them further to fight the coronavirus challenge.

Meanwhile, the company said it will continue to pay contract and temporary workers, even if work has halted due to this crisis. The company will also provide free fuel for all Emergency Service vehicles used to transport Covid-19 patients while Reliance Foundation will provide free meals across various cities to those whose livelihood has been hit by the outbreak.
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