Pernod Ricard India Supports setting up of 5 PSA Oxygen Generator units in govt hospitals in Uttar Pradesh
Pernod
Ricard India Foundation (PRIF) is setting up Pressure Swing Absorption
(PSA) oxygen plants in India to address the immediate need for
medical-grade oxygen. The oxygen crisis
of 2021 has affected millions of countrymen, and Pernod Ricard India is
augmenting the relief efforts further by setting up PSA units in large
multi-specialty hospitals. PSA units are being set up in 5 hospitals in
Uttar Pradesh.
Mr. Thibault Cuny, Managing Director, Pernod Ricard India, and CEO, Pernod Ricard South Asia, said.
“The second
wave of COVID-19 has impacted India in an inconceivable way, making it
important for people across the community to come together. We are
battling a situation we have never seen before, and we salute
the efforts our frontline workers, doctors, medical professions have
shown. Pernod Ricard India has in the past risen to the needs of the
nation, and we are committed to supporting the immediate emergency
services needed to combat the crisis. We hope that
our contribution will help our people in these challenging times as we
explore other significant mediums to support our country.”
Since the onset of pandemic, Pernod Ricard India has supported setting up isolation wards, over 350
Oxygen concentrators through the state health department, along with BIPAP
machines and HFNCs across the
country to ensure that more and more people get access to care when needed. Additionally, PRIF has deployed 14 Mobile
health Vans and 4 ambulances to serve the affected
during these crisis times.
Over the next 3 years,
the Mobile Health Vans and ambulances will cover 600 villages a year,
providing access to quality health care to those who have emerged
victorious in their fight against the virus but still have residual
effects and augment the vaccination efforts in rural
India.
As of today, PRI has helped strengthen critical care support infrastructure in public hospitals, with 100+ Intensive
Care Ventilators, 105 HFNC (High Flow Nasal
Cannulas) 140 Intensive
Care Unit (ICU) beds, 35 Multi
Para Monitors,
along with preventive healthcare support for personal & public
hygiene Alcohol-based sanitizers, and masks, across 17 states for COVID
warriors like the Punjab Police Personnel, Indian Navy & Air Force
(CSD), State Health Departments, Truck Drivers, and Local
Communities.