PANAJI
With the State battling with the Covid-19 crises and the health infrastructure trying its best to cope up with the pandemic, Goa has been receiving assistance from all over “ the Central government, philanthropists, NGOs and private companies who donate medical equipment and other necessary items under their CSR activities.
Acknowledging these acts of kindness, the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has recognised the flow of medical equipment like oximeters, oxygen concentrators and cylinders, medicines, masks, PPE kits etc in a tweet.
Dr Sawant tweeted, “Fomento group has placed a 4MT oxygen tanker at the disposal of our hospitals to augment our existing resources, the Goa CM recalled that the group had earlier provided 75 oxygen concentrators to GMC,” and thanked Fomento for their continued support to the government in this fight against Covid 19 pandemic.
In a similar gesture, Vedanta Pvt Ltd has also extended a helping hand to the government of Goa by donating 74 oxygen concentrators at the Shamaprasad Mukherji Stadium Covid Care Centre, tweeted Dr Sawant.
Jai Ganesh Ispat and Ferro Alloys Pvt Ltd has also donated 20 oxygen concentrators to the government of Goa, informed the chief minister.
While the State is receiving medical equipment and other required items, the Central government aid is reaching speedily to cope up with the situation and save as many lives as possible.
Informing about such aid the Airport Authority in Goa tweeted, “The inflow of medical supplies continues for Goa. On Tuesday, 30 oxygen concentrators and150 boxes of testing tubes were flown in by Indian Air Force special flight. Team Goa has been assisted for expeditious delivery by coordinating with all stakeholders.”
