Medical equipment, supplies donated to Tiruchi GH
The Hindu
The Ordnance Factory, Tiruchi, through its Employees' Welfare Fund provided six lakh worth of equipment and furniture to the Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital to aid in the fight
The Ordnance Factory, Tiruchi, through its Employees' Welfare Fund provided six lakh worth of equipment and furniture to the Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital to aid in the fight against COVID-19. The employees voluntarily contributed to the fund from their salaries, which is being utilised to support the district's medical infrastructure, officials said. In the first round of donations, 20 wheelchairs were purchased from the fund and donated to the Tiruchi MGMGH. While doing so, the officials noticed that the hospital had some furniture that was in disuse as it required some repair work. “We took eight truckloads of furniture- including cots, stretchers, wheelchairs and food trolleys to our campus, repaired it using our resources and returned it to the GH after servicing,” said Security Officer, OFT, Lt. Col. K Karthikesh. The medical equipment was serviced within a span of two weeks under a team led by Nakul Saini, Works Manager, OFT. All repair items, were purchased from the fund.More Related News