These 5 Startups Are Strengthening India s Fight Against Oxygen Shortage As some industrialists have diverted oxygen from their plants to hospitals, the startup community, too, has found a way to help those in distress
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As the second wave of COVID-19 batters the unprepared largest country of the world, India gasps for basic elements to live – Oxygen– an element whose importance was taught to us when we were in class 2.
The second wave has obliterated India’s healthcare system which is falling short of beds, exposing the penurious healthcare infrastructure, understaffed healthcare workers and handful of doctors to treat millions and millions of citizens which the government over the course have tried to conceal. Shortage of oxygen is the new low in the healthcare system. Doctors are pleading, even moving to high courts seeking
#SOS Oxygen: Startups, VCs join hands to fly in O2 concentrators from China, other countries
A fundraiser was started on ketto.org to import oxygen concentrators from China. The foundation has been able to raise over Rs 3 crore in just 12 hours to procure 500 concentrators.
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A technician refills medical oxygen cylinders in an industrial facility to supply to hospitals for the treatment of COVID-19 patients (Photo | PTI)
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BENGALURU: India’s tech startups and investment companies are pooling in resources to import oxygen concentrators from countries like China, Germany and the UAE as health facilities grapple with the shortage of oxygen amidst increasing COVID-19 cases.
These founders are on a mission to procure 5,000 oxygen concentrators to help India fight COVID-19
Democracy People Foundation has started an initiative called Mission Oxygen to help hospitals across the country get immediate access to oxygen concentrators.
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With the number of daily COVID-19 cases reaching 3.46 lakh, the second COVID-19 wave has put India s entire healthcare system under immense stress. Several hospitals from across India have been reporting a shortage of oxygen, with the lives of several people under threat.
Amidst the shortage of oxygen cylinders and concentrators,
Democracy People Foundation has started an initiative called Mission Oxygen to help hospitals across the country get immediate access to oxygen concentrators.