National Engineering Industries Ltd. (NEI), part of USD $2.4 billion diversified CK Birla Group, has donated 100 oxygen concentrators to Rajasthan Government as part of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
To help the state cope up with the increased oxygen demand, the company said these concentrators were specially imported to support the state’s effort against this COVID-19 battle. Each concentrator is of 10 litres capacity and has dual nozzles to support two patients at a time, if needed.
The concentrators were presented to Niranjan Arya, Chief Secretary – Govt. of Rajasthan and Siddharth Mahajan, Secretary- Medical, Health and Family Welfare – Govt. of Rajasthan by Rohit Saboo, President & CEO of NEI. Sanjay Saboo, Chairman CII Rajasthan, Dr. Vijay Basotia, Head Public Affairs – NEI Ltd and Nitin Gupta, Director and Head-CII Rajasthan were also present at the time.
Rohit Saboo, President and CEO of NEI, said, “As one of the legacy brands present in the region for over 75 years, it is our responsibility to be committed towards supporting the state Government during this difficult time. We would want to ensure that through our efforts, hospitals are able to cope up with the increased demand of oxygen and thereafter are able to save lives. We, together with other CII members, are collaborating for several other initiatives to support the government efforts.”
NEI has also recently supported hospitals in Rajasthan with oxygen cylinders. The company also donated 50 beds to the community health centre at Savli in Vadodara Gujarat.
NEI has also imported oxygen concentrators for its employees in Jaipur, Newai, Vadodara and Manesar. These will be available in the NEI manufacturing plants as well as to the employees who need it at home. This is in addition to several other initiatives for employee wellbeing like the increase in insurance cover, help in availability of hospital beds and oxygen, etc.