COVID-19: HAL donates ambulances to Govt Hospital

New Delhi: Considering the ever-growing demand for ambulances in these extraordinary times of Coronavirus (COVID -19) pandemic, HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) has donated two ambulances to Bowring & Lady Curzon Medical College & Research Institute (BLCMC&RI) here Thursday under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) program. These specialized ambulances can be used for transporting patients who require medical monitoring while in transit and non-invasive airway management, says HAL's Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) R Madhavan.  HAL's Director HR Alok Verma informed that the ambulances are equipped with facilities like air conditioning, basic life support system, analog oxygen delivery system, autoloader stretcher trolley with floor mounting mechanism.

Under BLCMC&RI there are three major Government Hospitals – Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital, HSIS Gosha Hospital and BBMP Super Specialty Hospital. These are presently converted as COVID hospitals for emergency treatment.

The handing-over program was held in the presence of Dr K Sudhakar, Minister for Medical Education, Karnataka, Rajender Kumar Kataria, Secretary to Karnataka Government Agriculture Department, and in-charge of COVID Care Centres in Bengaluru, top HAL and Government Officials. On this occasion, an MoU was also signed between HAL represented by Ch. Venkateswara Rao, GM (CSR) and BLCMC&RI, represented by Dr Manoj Kumar, Director- cum-Dean.  The MoU relates to up-keeping and maintenance of ambulances by BLCMC&RI.

Last month HAL had created and handed over the Covid-19 Care Centre (CCC) to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The facility has 160 beds with other supporting infrastructure.

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