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SEEDS Commits COVID-19 Relief Material In Delhi-NCR, Uttarakhand
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ByStartupStory | May 13, 2021
SEEDS Commits COVID-19 Relief Material including 6,000 face masks, 5,000 PPE kits, 300 beds, 200 patients care blankets, and other critical care equipment to COVID-19 care hospitals
The NGO, SEEDS commits COVID-19 Relief Material in the Delhi-NCR region and Uttarakhand amid the raging pandemic. It is committed to procuring and disbursing over 1,000 oxygen concentrators, 2,000 pulse oximeters, and 20 oxygen generators
According to a release on Tuesday, besides SEEDS Commit COVID-19 Relief Material the platform is also working with state governments in setting up 10 well-equipped COVID-19 care centres/isolation centres as a decentralised solution in Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Howrah, Hyderabad, Mathura, Mumbai, Pune, and Sangrur collectively for the most marginalized communities
The platform said it has stepped up to share the burden on the healthcare system during the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. Its work has been focused on the most marginalized communities often left unseen during disaster response, it added.
SEEDS co-founder Manu Gupta said regarding the SEEDS commit COVID-19 relief material that, “We are humbled by the response we are getting to our helpline. In these testing times, each life we are able to save is a token of our service to humanity and that is our focus right now. We at SEEDS are committed to sharing the burden on our healthcare system in every possible way we can.”
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