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HCL supports Delhi Government with oxygen plants and cylinders to fight Covid-19

Published on : Thursday 13-05-2021

Two of these ready-to-use Oxygen Plants which are being imported from France have already been delivered.

New Delhi, May 11, 2021: HCL is supporting the Delhi Government with 12,000 oxygen cylinders each with a capacity of 40 litres and 21 Oxygen Plants which will generate 8800 litres of oxygen per minute, catering to around 1500 patients at a time. Two of these ready-to-use Oxygen Plants which are being imported from France have already been delivered and will get installed at Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in New Delhi.

For several weeks now, as a severe second wave of Covid-19 infections wreaks havoc in the country, one of the most pressing concerns has been a shortage of medical oxygen to treat patients. Not just individual patients but even hospitals have been using social media to issue SOS calls; several hospitals have even moved high courts asking for their oxygen supply to be replenished on an emergency basis.

Founded in 1976 as one of India’s original IT garage start-ups, HCL is a pioneer of modern computing with many firsts to its credit, including the introduction of the 8-bit microprocessor-based computer in 1978 well before its global peers. Today, the HCL enterprise has a presence across varied sectors that include technology, healthcare and talent management solutions and comprises three companies – HCL Infosystems, HCL Technologies and HCL Healthcare.