Shillong, May 12: The North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong is in the forefront of providing healthcare service in this region. In view of emerging COVID-19 situation, doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are working round the clock during the pandemic, risking their lives.
One of the most important requirement for protecting the frontline responders and healthcare providers in the Hospital, is the 95% filtering face mask respirator and personal protective equipment.
M/s Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, Regional Headquarter, Shillong, a central PSU under Union Ministry of Power has not just been ensuring uninterrupted 24×7 transmission of power to the Institute, but has contributed a sum of Rs. 10,03,800.00 to NEIGRIHMS, Shillong towards purchasing of 3690 nos of “95% filtering face mask respirator” KN-95 mask for Rs. 4,99,800.00 and one unit of Video Laryngoscope for Rs. 5,04,000.00 under ‘Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)’ initiative.
The Institute is extremely grateful to M/s Power Grid Corporation, for this help at this time. This will go a long way to protect the Front Line Heath Workers and also help the patients with the equipments provided.
The KN -95 Masks and the Video Laryngoscope was handed over to the Department concerned by Prof D M Thappa – Director and David T Umdor – Deputy Director administration of NEIGRIHMS, today.
