A group of Indian American physicians are sending thousands of oxygen concentrators to India to help curb the surge of the recent wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The recently-created Federation of Indian Physicians Association said May 7 that 5,000 oxygen concentrators have already been purchased and will be sent.
Of these, 450 units have already reached Ahmedabad, 325 are on their way to Delhi and 300 others to Mumbai, a news release said.
âThese units are to be received by local Indian partners, hospitals, makeshift isolation centers, newly created mobile hospitals and charities so that local partners in the remote parts of India can use these units to provide oxygen to COVID patients as needed,â said Dr. Raj Bhayani, FIPA president.
Washington: An Indian-American group of physicians is shipping 5,000 oxygen concentrators to India to save the lives of the people infected with the coronavirus.
The recently-created Federation of Indian Physicians Association (FIPA) said on Friday that the 5,000 oxygen concentrators have already been purchased. Of these, 450 units have already reached Ahmedabad, 325 are on their way to Delhi and 300 others to Mumbai. These units are to be received by local Indian partners, hospitals, makeshift isolation centers, newly created mobile hospitals and charities so that local partners in the remote parts of India can use these units to provide oxygen to covid patients as needed, said DR Raj Bhayani, president FIPA.