100 Oxygen Concentrators - shipped out to rural Maharashtra

 As of June 30,2021 - the latest batch of 100 OCs were delivered to

1. Sindhudurg District Hospital-20
2. Govt dental college and hospital, Mumbai-6
3. Solapur district hospital-74 (break-up as follows)
1. PHC Yashwant Nagar -2
2. PHC Pillav- 2
3. PHC Velapur - 2
4. RH Malshiras- 4
5. RH Natepute- 4
6. SDH Akluj- 6
7. CS Solapur - 54

After the timely action and delivery of the oxygen nationwide, the focus has to shift to help with other essential supplies. The next …

31 millions vaccines delivery (25Million 1-dose, +6MM 2-doses administered) across 3012 vaccination sites. It’s a good first line of defense against the virus, and arresting poor outcomes.

This impact is from outreach to 479 villages in 36 districts and 13 cities, 2906 urban low-income societies.

Detailed reports: t.ly/Jcpg

Ratna Nidhi - feet on the ground making a difference

 Ratna Nidhi (ratnanidhi.org) is the Maha PECOnet partner in Mumbai dealing with procuring and distributing supplies. On Saturday, i got a chance to meet with the trustees, Rajiv Mehta and Arvind Shah. I was struck by the thoughtfulness and adaptability in the face of this situation. Help is neeeded now and by the numbers,

1376 Concentrators procured, delivered

and saving lives

For a PECOnet 2.0 impact dashboard, checkout https://mahac19peconet.org/.

Ratna Nidhi,  process for accountability

Providing the supplies free of cost to hospitals in the rural parts of India; this is where the infrastructure is rather frail. The vulnerable populations away from the urban centers. i learned of their verification process which admittedly has a very India-centric characteristic, the hospital must get a local gazetted officer to certify the hospital's catering to the needy.

And lastly, these are provided with a commitment for return shipping - once the needs have been fulfilled RNCT hopes to create an Oxygen Bank to lend these fro 5-10 rupees to the urban poor.

Hats off to their thoughtfulness and shows the years of experience in serving the community.

Together we will get through this - my faith is reinforced.

Please help by donating to this fundraiser, https://ratnaglobal.org/project/covid-19-mahapeco-fundraiser