Mercedes-Benz India, a German luxury car manufacturer, announced that it has decided to set up a temporary hospital for Covid-19 patients in Pune. The hospital will have all medical facilities and isolation wards required for treatment of Covid-19 patients.
The newly developed medical facility in Mhalunge-Ingale Village, Chakan Khed, will have isolation wards with a capacity to take care of 1,500 patients.Mercedes-Benz India will assist the zilla parishad with all the necessary infrastructure including the medical equipment required to create a temporary OPD, infrastructure for stay, stretchers, wheel chairs, PPE kits, sanitisers which are essential in the smooth functioning of the hospital and isolation ward.
The company has also directly supported the Grant Medical Foundation (Ruby Hall Clinic) by donating ventilators.
Martin Schwenk, MD & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India said, “The new medical facility will help support the local authorities and the people of the region with healthcare in the coming times, if the situation worsens.”
“We stand together with our community and it remains our endeavour to support them and the authorities in every possible way. We hope for a steady recovery of the crisis and getting back to normalcy,” he said.
The facility is in Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority’s (MHADA) housing area, which is newly built with 374 rooms.
When the crisis created by the coronavirus comes to a halt, then the facility will close down and the medical equipment will be donated to the civil Hospital of Khed. Adding to this the assets from isolation wards will be given to the tribal youth hostels by government authorities.
The company has also announced that it will be supporting 1,600 families from Khed and Viman Nagar area by providing them dry ration and cleaning kits, it said. The company’s employees have voluntarily donated one day’s salary and the company will make a matching contribution which will be given to Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
Recently, Wipro, Wipro Enterprises and Azim Premji Foundation have announced that it will be donating Rs 1,125 crore towards supporting the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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