Nita Ambani-run Reliance Foundation has said that it was aiming to set-up 1,000-bed Covid Care facilities with oxygen supply in Jamnagar in Gujarat, the home state of India’s richest family.
According to the plan, Reliance would bear the cost of setting up and running the facilities that would be provided to patients for free. The announcement by Reliance Foundation has come days after the latest round of COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc in Gujarat.
Reliance Foundation said in a statement, “A 400-bed Covid Care facility will be up and running at Government Dental College & Hospital in Jamnagar within a week. Thereafter, another 600 beds Covid Care facility will be made operational at another location in Jamnagar within the next two weeks’ time.”
Commenting on the initiative, Nita Ambani said, “As India fights the second wave of COVID, we are committed to helping in every way we can. Additional healthcare facilities are one of the most critical needs of the hour. Reliance Foundation is setting up a 1000-bedded hospital with Oxygen for COVID patients in Jamnagar, Gujarat. The first phase of 400 beds will be ready within a week, and the other 600 beds in another week. The hospital will provide quality care free of cost. Reliance Foundation has been standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with our fellow Indians since the beginning of this outbreak. We will continue to work tirelessly to save precious lives. Together we can, and we will win this fight.”
Dhanraj Nathwani, Group President at Reliance Industries Ltd. said, “Our honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi has been working relentlessly for the people of India during this Covid pandemic.”