SME Times News Bureau | 07 May, 2021
Leading mining firm Vedanta on Thursday said it would set up two 100-bed
hospitals for treating Covid patients at Karnataka's Chitradurga and
Hubballi.
"The field hospitals in both towns will be equipped
with critical care facilities, including 20-bed intensive care units
(ICUs) and 180 oxygenated beds," said the Mumbai-based company in a
statement here.
The Vedanta hospitals will support the state
government's efforts to contain the virus spread by working with the
local communities, it said.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Prahlad Joshi, who is a BJP MP member from the state, tweeted that he
had urged Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal to set up a hospital at his
home town Hubbali.
Vedanta iron ore firm's director Krishna Reddy
said that the twin hospitals were in line with the company's philosophy
of care and giving back to the community in such pandemic times.
"We
have planned initiatives to support the fight against the virus' second
wave. We have also provided masks, sanitisers and groceries to the
needy," said Reddy in the statement.
