<p>Ten days after the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) appealed to the public requesting support in the form of medical equipment to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, as many as 836 oxygen concentrators have been received by the corporation from various organisations. </p>.<p>"We have received a good response till now. Many more proposals are being processed,” said Joint Commissioner (SWM) Sarfaraz Khan, the officer-in-charge. The 836 oxygen concentrators have been distributed across the Covid Care Centres (CCC) and the maternity hospitals which have been converted into triaging centres. </p>.<p>ACT Grants, a movement by India’s startup ecosystem to fight societal problems at scale, is a major contributor which has donated 616 concentrators to date. The other contributors included KIAF, Give India Foundation, Forward Foundation, and Lalamove India. </p>.<p>According to a senior BBMP official, several corporate companies and NGOs have proposed to set up fully functional Covid Care Centres for the public.</p>.<p>"These proposals are being evaluated and a couple of them will be approved soon. We have advised them to make sure that the CCCs set up follow the guidelines issued,” he said.</p>.<p>However, apart from the oxygen concentrators, the BBMP had requested other medical equipment including ventilators, ICU monitors, ECG machines, big nebulizers, and BIPAP machines. </p>
<p>Ten days after the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) appealed to the public requesting support in the form of medical equipment to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, as many as 836 oxygen concentrators have been received by the corporation from various organisations. </p>.<p>"We have received a good response till now. Many more proposals are being processed,” said Joint Commissioner (SWM) Sarfaraz Khan, the officer-in-charge. The 836 oxygen concentrators have been distributed across the Covid Care Centres (CCC) and the maternity hospitals which have been converted into triaging centres. </p>.<p>ACT Grants, a movement by India’s startup ecosystem to fight societal problems at scale, is a major contributor which has donated 616 concentrators to date. The other contributors included KIAF, Give India Foundation, Forward Foundation, and Lalamove India. </p>.<p>According to a senior BBMP official, several corporate companies and NGOs have proposed to set up fully functional Covid Care Centres for the public.</p>.<p>"These proposals are being evaluated and a couple of them will be approved soon. We have advised them to make sure that the CCCs set up follow the guidelines issued,” he said.</p>.<p>However, apart from the oxygen concentrators, the BBMP had requested other medical equipment including ventilators, ICU monitors, ECG machines, big nebulizers, and BIPAP machines. </p>