From Our Special Correspondent

Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Sep 15: Public sector undertaking HAL on Tuesday donated two more ambulances to the city hospitals - one each to the Institute of Nephro Urology (INU) situated at the Victoria Hospital campus and Sir C V Raman General Hospital (SCVRGH) – in the city.

“Considering the on-going pandemic, we are doing whatever we can to strengthen the health infrastructure,” said R Madhavan, CMD, HAL.

Earlier, HAL had donated two ambulances to Bowring & Lady Curzon Medical College & Research Institute (BLCMC&RI).

All the activities for COVID 19 are being done under Corporate Social Responsibility program, explainedAlok Verma, Director HR.

The handing over event was held at HAL Corporate Office with signing of an MoU between HAL represented by Venkateswara Rao, GM (HR – CSR & FM) and SCVRGH, represented by Dr HDR Radha Krishna, medical superintendent and INU, represented by Dr Keshavamurthy R, director.

C BAnantha Krishnan, director (finance), M S Velpari, director (operations), Amitabh Bhatt, chief executive officer (Bengaluru complex), H K Singh, executive director (HR) and other senior HAL officials were also present on the occasion.

The ambulances are equipped with facilities like air conditioning, basic life support system, analog oxygen delivery system, auto loader stretcher trolley with floor mounting mechanism, separate doctor’s seat etc. These ambulances are particularly useful for patients who require medical monitoring while in transit and need non-invasive airway management.

The SCVRGH is a government hospital with all major facilities and staff. Currently, the hospital is functioning as a 150 bed dedicated COVID Health Centre (DCHC).

The INU is an autonomous institute of the state government and provides kidney transplant facilities and round the clock dialysis.