ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth (ICICI Foundation), the CSR arm of the ICICI Group, announced that it is donating over 350 oxygen concentrators to help augment critical health infrastructure in semi-urban and rural areas of the North Eastern states of the country. ICICI Foundation is providing these machines free-of-cost to sub-divisional hospitals spread across 43 districts in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. The donation is aimed at providing citizens with immediate oxygen support in the event of a medical emergency.
This is part of ICICI Foundation’s initiative to donate 1800 oxygen concentrators to hospitals in the tough terrain of the Himalayan belt and remote tribal areas of the country. ICICI Foundation is providing these concentrators free-of-cost to over 700 sub-divisional hospitals spread across nearly 175 districts in 17 states.
ICICI Foundation has procured these high-quality oxygen concentrators from BPL Medical Technologies and Phillips India. ICICI Foundation has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BPL Medical Technologies to co-create a specialised skill training module on installation and servicing of oxygen concentrators.