By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : September 07, 2021 9:48 am
In its most recent effort, the company conducted a free-of-cost vaccination drive for neighbouring communities at Dr Prabhakar Patwardhan Smruti Rugnaalay, Panvel
Given the devastating consequences of COVID-19 in India compounded with the onset of monsoons leading to floods across the country, Dow India has announced that it would continue its relief efforts in the country.
The company has already committed US $105,000 towards COVID-19 related community relief within its neighbouring communities in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. So far, the company has donated around 1,000 N95 masks, sanitizers, PPE kits, about 2,500 members from deserving communities were inoculated through three vaccination drives, and delivered around 170 medical equipment including oxygen beds, HR CT scanner, ICU beds, para monitors, ECG machine, and ventilators.
Since the onset of the pandemic, Dow India prioritized COVID-19 relief efforts and ensured the delivery of critical equipment and medical supplies to those who need it the most. The company supplied ICU beds, hybrid ventilator, defibrillator, bipap machine, suction machine, ECG machine, multipara monitors, and ECG trolley for a Covid Care Centre in Lote, Maharashtra. The company also supported nearly 300 families by providing them with dry ration essentials.
Chandrakant Nayak, CEO, Dow India said, “As an employer and member of India’s business community, it is not only our duty but also an honour to be able to give back to communities that need it the most. In addition to that, it is also crucial to recognize that inoculation is the single available weapon we have against this virus and those who can, must vaccinate themselves and their loved ones. Lastly, this fight cannot be won single-handedly, we must combine forces wherever we can to beat the virus at every turn.”
For COVID-related relief work, Dow India has partnered with Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra, Humana People to People India, and Freedom For You Foundation to fulfil the support that communities around them needed.
In its most recent effort, the company conducted a free-of-cost vaccination drive for neighbouring communities at Dr Prabhakar Patwardhan Smruti Rugnaalay, Panvel. The drive catered to around 1,575 people across age groups of people most susceptible to the virus owing to their occupation – namely maids, autorickshaw drivers, labourers, truck drivers, amongst others.