NE NEWS SERVICE
COIMBATORE, MAY 28
Aiming to realize the dream of former TN Chief Minister and DMK founder Dr CN Annadurai that “we will see the Almighty on the face of poor and needy (ezhayin sirippil iravanaik kanbom)”, Isha Foundation, a progressive spiritual and social movement on Friday donated 500 oxygen concentrators, 2 vehicles and several hundred PPE kits to the Government of Tamil Nadu.
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Tamil Nadu Minister of Health Education and Family Welfare. Ma Subramanian; Minister of Food and Civil Supplies R Sakkarapani; Minister of Forests Ramachandran; and Member of Parliament from Pollachi Constituency Shanmugasundaram were present at the hand over ceremony.
Other dignitaries at the event included the Health Secretary Radhakrishnan; Coimbatore District Collector Nagarajan; Coimbatore Government Hospital Dean Nirmala; DRO Ramadurai Murugan and former MLA Karthik, a Foundation release said.
Isha also contributed 500 PPE-kits, 5000 N95 face masks and 500 CPAP machines to the Coimbatore Government Hospital.
Isha volunteers, including Brahmacharies, full-time volunteers and Ashram residents have been working on the ground in several villages of Tamil Nadu for more than a year as part of the Isha COVID Action agenda to alleviate human suffering. Relief work includes daily serving of Nilavembu Kashayam to the community. The potent herbal drink strengthens the immune system and enables the body to fight infection.
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Volunteers are also teaching Yogic practices specially designed by Sadhguru to enhance immunity, strengthen the respiratory system and increase oxygen levels in the body. Other on-ground efforts include distribution of face masks, sanitizers and PPE besides beverages and snacks to frontline workers.
Eighteen Isha Crematoriums – Kayantha Sthanams – have also been pressed into round-the-clock service to ensure dignity in death for COVID victims and the bereaved.
