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siliconindia | Friday, 30 April 2021, 08:08 Hrs
Retail major Walmart takes initiative to donate nearly 20 oxygen-generating plants and 20 cryogenic containers for oxygen storage and transportation to India. Alongside, over 3,000 oxygen concentrators and 500 oxygen cylinders for distributing oxygen therapy to patients at home or in hospital.
These are being found across the globe and would be provided to hospitals and NGOs in India for delivery as the country gasps for oxygen amid the deadly second Covid wave.
Walmart, the Walmart Foundation, Flipkart and PhonePe, along with Walmart's Global Technology and Sourcing hubs, are associating to solve the oxygen shortages issue.
Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Walmart says, “Walmart is a global family. We feel the impact of this devastating surge on our associates, families and friends across India, and it's important that we come together to support however we can."