by: Navjeevan Express

CSR: HAL donates 2 ambulances to govt-run Bowring & Lady Curzon Medical College

NE NEWS SERVICE

BENGALURU, AUG 6

Defence production unit-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Thursday said it has donated two ambulances to a hospital here during the COVID-19 pandemic. HAL gave them to Bowring & Lady Curzon Medical College & Research Institute (BLCMC&RI) also as part of the corporate social responsibility of the company.

They can be used for transporting patients, who require medical monitoring while in transit and non-invasive airway management, HAL CMD R Madhavan was quoted as saying in a press release.

The ambulances were handed over at a function held in the presence of state Medical Education Minister Dr. K Sudhakar, Rajender Kumar Kataria, Secretary to Karnataka Government Agriculture Department, and in-charge of Covid Care Centres in Bengaluru, and senior officials of the government and HAL.

On this occasion, an MoU was also signed between HAL represented by  Venkateswara Rao, GM (CSR) and BLCMC&RI, represented by Dr. Manoj Kumar, Director- cum-Dean, the release said. The MoU relates to the upkeep and maintenance of ambulances by BLCMC&RI. The ambulances are equipped with an air- conditioner, basic life support system, analog oxygen delivery system, auto-loader stretcher trolley with floor mounting mechanism, HAL (human resources) director Alok Verma said.

Under BLCMC&RI, there are three major government hospitals – Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital, HSIS Gosha Hospital, and BBMP Super Specialty Hospital.

These are presently converted into COVID-19 hospitals.

Last month, HAL created and handed over the COVID- 19 Care Centre (CCC) to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (Bengaluru civic body).

The facility now has 178 beds with other supporting infrastructure, it said, adding that all are currently in use.