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Setting up Covid care infrastructure facilities (b) providing sustainable oxygen generation methods to
The objective of this project was to enhance the capacity cater to Covid-induced respiratory distress. This was
of existing health systems for the management of Covid facilitated by enhancing the availability of fully equipped
cases. A total of 975 beds were set up across 7 hospitals ICU beds, ensuring a steady supply of oxygen,
in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Uttar procurement of ventilators, bed side monitors, BiPAP
Pradesh and over 59,000 patients had received machines, medical furniture, and all other necessary critical
treatment for Covid up to end of the 2022 financial year. equipment, as required and evaluated. A total of 49
Notably, these facilities were commissioned in a span of 8 medical institutions across 19 states were identified by the
to 12 weeks. Over 2,000 doctors, nurses, and technicians Trusts for this purpose. Over 1,900 ICU and 6,300 non-ICU
were trained to use the relevant medical equipment and beds were set up at these locations.
manage the Covid case load.
With the introduction of vaccines, the Trusts
Covid-19 Support for undertook vaccination drives in rural communities,
Health Establishments across Bhavnagar (Gujarat) and Sirohi (Rajasthan).
India faced an acute shortage
of hospital beds, oxygen and The nationwide lockdowns also, a ected children’s
trained medical sta , and a learning, particularly for those from marginalised
timely availability of critical backgrounds. More than their academics, children’s
care equipment (Ventilators, social and emotional well-being had to be taken
BiPAP, etc.) due to the sudden surge in care of at this di cult time. And what better way
demand. As a result, recorded a higher than stories that children could read, hear and
number of deaths, during the second wave watch to take their mind o everyday troubles and
of Coronavirus infections lasting from worries. Besides, videos on lessons and physical
April to June 2021, compared with the first exercises to ensure their well-being were also
wave in 2020. The Hospital Augmentation shared. Finally, the Trusts also shared videos with
Initiative was started to address communities related to Covid
some of these critical gaps, appropriate behaviour, agri-related
with a focus on high advice, etc.
case-load geographies in
some of the underserved and
vulnerable communities in
Tier-2 and Tier-3 towns. The
initiative had a two-pronged goal: (a) repurposing
existing hospital beds in di erent specialties to
deal with Critical Covid Care Management; and
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