ACT Grants (a not-for-profit movement created by the VC and start-up community in India), Swasth Alliance (a not-for-profit alliance of over 150+ healthcare organizations) and Feeding India (a not-for-profit run by Zomato) are working towards the goal of sourcing and distributing 50,000 oxygen concentrators.
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These oxygen concentrators will be donated across India free of cost, largely to various public health institutions and NGOs working for public health.
India, in the middle of the second wave of COVID-19, needs to rapidly augment oxygen supply to hospitals. These oxygen concentrators will be donated within the month of May.
ACT Grants, a coalition of Indian startup founders and VC firms first came together in March 2020 to battle the pandemic.
Swasth is an alliance of over 150+ healthcare organisations in the country, including hospitals, rural health NGOs, insurers, health tech, med-tech, and others.
Feeding India, is a not-for-profit organization by Zomato, which aims to reduce the problem of hunger within underserved communities in India.
