Actor Amitabh Bachchan recently donated two state-of-the-art Intensive Ventilators of 'Class-1' type to the Lokmanya Tilak General Hospital of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) in Sion.
The medical equipment is used to provide ventilatory support to patients who cannot breathe on their own or who require assistance to maintain adequate ventilation.
In addition, the 78-year-old has also donated other machines, monitors, CRM image intensifiers, infusion pumps, etc. worth approximately INR 2 crores to the Sion Hospital.
The superintendent of the hospital, Dr Mohan Joshi, thanked Amitabh Bachchan for the gesture on behalf of all the doctors and medical staff of the hospital. The Sion Hospital officials have said that both the ventilators have been operational in the surgical department of Sion Hospital for a few days. About 30 patients have been effectively treated with the two new ventilators.
Features of state-of-the-art ventilators:
1) The ventilators can provide up to 100 per cent oxygen to needy patients.
2) The ventilator has the facility to increase or decrease the oxygen pressure as required.
3) It also has the facility to deliver oxygen directly to the lungs through a tube.
4) This ventilator has the facility to give oxygen by non-invasive mask method.
Earlier in May, the star had opened up about why he doesn't choose a fundraiser way to raise COVID-19 relief funds for India saying that "it makes him feel embarrassed" and that he 'believes in doing charity rather than speaking about it".
On the work front, Amitabh has plenty of projects in his kitty. 'Chehre', 'MayDay', 'Jhund' and 'Brahmastra' are among them. He is currently shooting for 'Goodbye' in Mumbai.
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