Hexagon donates ventilators worth Rs 45L to Mahavir Hospital

Hyderabad HEXAGON Capability Centre India (HCCI), a product development company in partnership with Nasscom Foundation, has donated four high-quality ventilator systems worth Rs 45 lakh to Hyderabad-based Mahavir Hospital and Research Centre – A part of the Bhagwan Mahavir Memorial Trust. These ventilators will help treat at least 130 patients.

During the Covid outbreak last year, 15 per cent of the patients admitted to Mahavir Hospital required ventilators. This number rose to 35 per cent this year during the second wave, warranting an urgent need for ventilators.

The turbine-driven, wall gas independent ventilator setups are of premium build quality and are rugged.

While supporting employees through the crisis with internal initiatives like oxygen concentrators for employees' usage, and multi-city free vaccination drives, the need to expand the support to the society at large arose.

Hexagon has been at the forefront of the fight against Covid. The company worked with Tharuni, a city-based NGO, to ensure continued education for children in remote villages by donating internet-enabled tablets and providing training and infrastructure to the teachers and further tied up with Vidhyakansha to cover additional subjects during the pandemic.

The company also provided 11 ICU beds to Gandhi Hospital to help cope with the sudden rise in Covid cases. The company's ESR (Employee Social Responsibility) team also provided medical equipment such as multipara monitors and ECG machines to Siddipet district area hospital.

Speaking about the company's commitment towards Hyderabad and its people, Ballav Mundra, CFO, said, "Since the onset of the pandemic, Hexagon has been making efforts to combat its impact on our employees and communities by conducting vaccination drives for employees and their family members."