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Gujarat’s first paediatric COVID-19 hospital

In a first for Gujarat, a fully equipped 230-bed paediatric COVID-19 care hospital was inaugurated by
Sh. Bhupendrabhai Patel, Honourable Chief Minister of Gujarat. The hospital is equipped with a 24x7 oxygen
supply, 30 PICUs (Paediatric), 22 MICUs (Medical) and 10 NICUs (Neonatal). During the unprecedented second
wave, the paediatric hospital augmented COVID-19 care facilities in the region, including a 400-bed hospital
set up in less than a week. In Shahdol, Reliance also supported the establishment and operation of two
COVID-19 care centres in the district.

Mission Oxygen

To help the nation cope with a sudden medical oxygen partnership with the Indian Air Force, Aramco and BP.
shortage for COVID-19 patients, especially during This helped ensure availability of liquid medical oxygen
the second wave, Reliance repurposed its factory in for severely ill patients and saved countless lives.
Jamnagar in record time to produce liquid medical It was an immense industrial and logistical exercise
oxygen. This was ramped up to 1,000 MT, to meet the successfully implemented in the public interest.
life-saving needs of 100,000 patients on a daily basis,
delivered free of cost to states. This factory alone Other Reliance plant locations also provided
amounted to 11% of India’s total production of medical swift support to meet local needs. The Vadodara
grade liquid oxygen at the time. Remarkably, Reliance Manufacturing Division provided 18.3 MT of medical
wasn’t even a manufacturer of liquid medical oxygen oxygen to the surrounding region. Reliance plants in
before the pandemic, and yet it soon became India’s Gadimoga, Andhra Pradesh, established an oxygen
largest producer of this precious life-saving resource. plant at the Government General Hospital, Kakinada
The company also moved to boost transportation within 10 days in May 2021. The hospital treated more
capacity, helping provide safe and swift supply to states than 1,700 patients at the peak of the second wave.
and Union Territories across India. In Jhajjar and Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, local plants
provided 38 oxygen concentrators to social service
Reliance airlifted 24 ISO containers, creating an organisations and the district administration to aid
additional 500 MT of transportation capacity in patient recovery.

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