In response to the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases, Reliance Foundation rapidly scaled scales up its COVID-19 operations to create 2,000+ bed facilities dedicated to COVID-19 care, making this the largest contribution by a philanthropic organisation to COVID-19 care across several locations of India.
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Starting from zero before the pandemic, Reliance Industries has now become India’s largest producer of medical grade liquid oxygen from a single location, producing over 1,100 MT of medical oxygen per day.
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Reliance sets up India’s first exclusive COVID-19 hospital in Mumbai along with BMC. Reliance turns around its manufacturing plants to produce one lakh PPEs and masks daily and embarks on a multi-sortie airlift mission to expedite delivery of PPEs from other countries to India. Reliance has airlifted:
• 1 million surgical masks
• 3 lakh PPE suits
• 3.5 lakh PPE goggles
• 3.5 lakh N95 masks
• 50,000 isolation gowns
Reliance launches COVID-19 testing lab in 2020 to conduct RT-PCR tests and augment India’s testing capacity.
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