Group Legrand India provides Oxygen Generator to Avadi Government Hospital , Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu to support Nation’s continued fight against Covid-19
Group Legrand India provides Oxygen Generator to Avadi Government Hospital , Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu to support Nation’s continued fight against Covid-19
Group Legrand India provided over 2000 beds for hospitals & healthcare facilities and 2.6 lakh PPE kits to Doctors,Health workers, electricians, journalists (Chennai Press club), drivers community & police officials
Avadi, Thiruvallur, 11th October 2021: As part of Group Legrand India’s CSR initiative and to meet the rising oxygen demand for treatment of COVID-19 patients, Legrand India, a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructure today donated oxygen generation container unit of 20 NM3 capacity to Avadi Government Hospital, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu in association with Rotary club of Madras.
Official switch on done by Thiru. S.M.Nasar, Minister for Milk & Diary development of Tamil Nadu in presence of Tiruvallur District Collector - Dr. Alby John Vargese, Member of Parliament Tiruvallur District, Dr. K. Jayakumar, Tiruvallur Jt. Director Health, Dr. Shanthi, Legrand CSR Head Abida Aneez and Rotary officials.
The Oxygen Generator (SPARCO) is a 20NM3 per hour Oxygen generator carries a capacity of 333 liters per minute (LPM) which can serve oxygen up to 65 beds simultaneously.
With support of Collective Good Foundation, Legrand Group India is launching 6 months COVID-19 vaccination drive for vulnerable communities in Chennai, Bangalore, Noida, Pune, Nashik and Cochin from 2nd week of October. We plan to cover 60,000 people in the 1st phase of vaccination drive.
One of the key focus areas of Legrand India is healthcare when it comes to giving back to the society. In past, Legrand has also supported govt. hospitals & Covid Care centres with ICU beds, ventilators, Medical consumables, disposable isolation beds etc.. The team has enabled support through its electrical products such as protection devices, wiring devices and UPS for hospitals and healthcare facilities countrywide which will house over 2000 beds and intensive care facilities for COVID-19 patients.
Speaking on this, Mr. Tony Berland, Managing Director and CEO, Group Legrand India said, “As a socially responsible company, we always priortize health and safety, be it of our employees or the society at large. I feel delighted to be part of an organization where PEOPLE and COMMUNITY are the key focus areas. Owing to the rising demand of Oxygen, as part of our CSR initiative we at Legrand India associated with Rotary club of Madras today have made an effort to bridge the gap and fulfil the need in our fight against covid-19 to the maximum possible extent.”
Thiru. S.M.Nasar, Minister for Milk & Diary development further added , “Oxygen is the most vital life saving element not only for COVID but for many critical treatments. We saw an arising demand for Oxygen during second wave period, and faced many flow constraints in supply chain of oxygen refilling process. This Oxygen Generator commissioned in Avadi GH by Group Legrand India is really helpful not only during COVID crisis but also as a long term Oxygen support to the patients for any medical emergency. Group Legrand India has contributed more than 5 Crore for Covid support for various initiatives, this is yet another milestone with 50 Lakh worth Oxygen Generator for our people. We appreciate all the efforts by Legrand and thank them for their continued support to the community”.
