With India battling with the second wave of COVID-19 and medical professionals facing the Herculean task of saving lives, a majority of the hospitals urgently need more oxygen cylinders and concentrators to save as many lives as possible.

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With this in mind, a group of startup founders known as Gurgaon Entrepreneurs launched the campaign on the Indian online crowdfunding platform, Ketto, to raise INR 2.5 crore for 500 concentrators for hospitals across the country.

The initial requirement is listed below: 

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“We have managed to procure 500 concentrators from China, which will be shipped on Monday for India and we will be able to supply them to the hospitals earliest by Wednesday. Initially we self-funded approximately 50 Lacs for this initiative and placed an order for 100 concentrators. However, to process the order for the remaining 400 concentrators by Monday we need another Rs 2.5 Crore and we decided to embrace the power of the crowd and started a fundraiser on Ketto.org,” said Rahul Aggarwal, Founder Democracy People Foundation, while commenting on the fundraiser.

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The campaign went live on Friday night and within 17 hours over Rs 1.70 crore was from over 1400 donors. 

“This is a non-for-profit and charitable initiative. We urge people to come forward and generously donate to the cause. Every bit will go a long way in saving lives,” added Aggarwal. 

Fundraiser link: www.ketto.org/fundraiser/mission-oxygen-helping-hospitals-to-save-lives 

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Want to do your bit and help out? Please check with your respective hospitals (esp. the smaller ones that don't get enough visibility) the quantity they would need and fill this form. 

Keep in mind that it is first come first serve, as limited stock will be imported in the first lot, which will arrive in Delhi on Monday and will reach hospitals by Wednesday. 

The form to capture the OC machine requirements of hospitals:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxhkkaV8doaECCb69paDAfnRUisjtWL7hwmd4jiw7RdpZbFg/viewform?usp=sf_link

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