Ola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Ola, on Monday said it has partnered with donation platform GiveIndia to provide consumers with oxygen concentrators, joining the growing roster of companies contributing towards relief efforts amid the deadly second wave of the COVID pandemic. The service, which will be provided for free through the Ola app, service will start rolling out in Bengaluru from this week with an initial set of 500 oxygen concentrators.
Ola and GiveIndia will scale it up across the country with up to 10,000 concentrators in the coming weeks, a statement said. Consumers request for an oxygen concentrator from the Ola app by providing a few basic details. Once submitted, the request will be validated and Ola will then pick up the concentrator via one of its cabs with a specially trained driver and bring it to the consumer s doorstep.
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The service, which will be provided for free through the Ola app, service will start rolling out in Bengaluru from this week with an initial set of 500 oxygen concentrators.
Ola and GiveIndia will scale it up across the country with up to 10,000 concentrators in the coming weeks, a statement said.
Organisations across the spectrum have come forward to source and donate oxygenators, breathing machines, and ventilators.
Ola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Ola, on Monday said it has partnered with donation platform GiveIndia to provide consumers with oxygen concentrators, joining the growing roster of companies contributing towards relief efforts amid the deadly second wave of the COVID pandemic.
iCreate unveils critical health-tech devices to fight COVID-19
iCreate unveils critical health-tech devices to fight COVID-19
11 May 2021 | News
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iCreate (International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology), an autonomous centre of excellence of the Government of Gujarat, has announced the launch of critical health-tech devices developed by three respective startups incubated with the institution.
The devices will help in altering ICU ventilators to host multiple patients at the same time and augmenting large scale oxygen supply chains. Furthermore, these devices are ready for mass deployment to support healthcare institutions and hospitals to optimize their resources to the fullest immediately.