Sachin Tendulkar donates Rs 1 crore to procure oxygen concentrators for Covid-19 patients in India

Batting great Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday highlighted that providing oxygen to Covid-19 patients in the country is the need of the over after donating Rs 1 crore to a fund-raising initiative aimed at importing oxygen concentrators.

Legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday donated Rs 1 crore to help procure oxygen concentrators for Covid-19 patients in the country which has been badly hit by the second wave of coronavirus infections. pic.twitter.com/rFEDOCFOkP Sachin Tendulkar, in a message on social media, said that the 2nd wave of Covid-19 pandemic has put the country's health infrastructure under severe. He said that he is contributing to 'Mission Oxygen', a group of young entrepreneurs in Delhi-NCR who have set up a fund-raising initiative, for importing oxygen concentrators and donating them to hospitals across the country. Misson Oxygen said in a statement that Tendulkar's contribution of Rs 1 crore was incredibly heart-warming.