Oxygen concentrators from U.S. benefit Rajasthan villagers

Many patients have recovered with help of the machines

Oxygen concentrators supplied by the Association of Indians in America (AIA) have benefited the COVID-19 patients in the remote areas of Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district. The machines were sent to primary health centres in the villages, where the COVID-19 care centres were also established by the Medical and Health Department. A total of 60 oxygen concentrators were sent in May-end and first week of June, during the second wave of the pandemic, in Nadbai, Kumher, Pahadi, Kaman, Bayana and Sewar blocks of Bharatpur district. While a large number of patients have recovered with the use of machines, some of them are still being used. Eleven machines were kept at the block offices of Lupin Foundation, which has been working in the district’s rural areas for over three decades, to provide emergency services at the doorsteps of villagers. Eight COVID-19 care centres were inaugurated in various blocks in the presence of MLAs from the respective constituencies.