Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on
Thursday donated Rs one crore to procure oxygen concentrators for COVID-19 patients
in the country as it battles a severe second wave of the global pandemic.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 29, 2021
India is witnessing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 infections
and recorded a single-day rise of 3,79,257 new cases on Wednesday.
The health-care system is crumbling due to the crisis with
hospitals struggling to provide oxygen and crucial medicines to the infected
patients.
“His donation of Rs 1 crore to ‘Mission Oxygen’ in its endeavour to
procure and provide life-saving oxygen concentrators to hospitals across the
nation in this time of need is incredibly heart-warming,” read a statement from
Mission Oxygen, which is a fund-raising initiative by Delhi-NCR based
entrepreneurs for importing Oxygen Concentrator machines and donating them to
hospitals in need.
The 48-year-old from Mumbai, who had spent some time in hospital
himself after testing positive for the dreaded infection last month, also took
to twitter to praise the initiative.
“The second wave of COVID has put our health-care system under
immense pressure. Providing oxygen for the large number of serious COVID
patients is the need of the hour,” Tendulkar wrote on his twitter handle.
“It is heartening to see how people are rising to the occasion. A
group of 250+ young entrepreneurs have launched Mission Oxygen to raise funds
for importing oxygen concentrators and donating them to hospitals across the
country.
“I’ve helped by contributing to the cause and hope that their
effort soon reaches out to many more hospitals across India. Today, we have to
stand together behind everyone that is working hard to fight this pandemic.”
Tendulkar has also pledged to donate plasma once he is eligible.
IPL franchises Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals also contributed
Rs 7.5 crore and 1.5 crore respectively for the fight against the pandemic.
A few days back, Australia and Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pat
Cummins had donated USD 50,000 to purchase oxygen supplies for Indian
hospitals.
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