3rd Ambulance sponsored by Sewa Canada International delivered to enhance easier access for patients to hospitals in Ernakulam District, Kerala

6 more Oxygen Plants installed and commissioned as part of our ongoing efforts to provide long term Oxygen requirements in remote and rural hospitals. These 6 plants funded via partnership with Trillium Health Partners Foundation, Canada, have been installed in the provinces of Rajasthan and Assam.

1st Oxygen Plant – 150 Litres Per Minute (LPM) Oxygen plant installed & commissioned into service, at Anjali Charitable Hospital, serving rural and tribal areas of Sabarkantha district, Gujarat. This was done in collaboration with Sewa International Bharat.
This is the 1st of 8 Oxygen plants in India, funded by Sewa Canada International, with help of its Canadian donors and part of our continued commitment to improve Oxygen infrastructure in hospitals (in rural India) during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and future waves.
2nd Oxygen Generating Plant by Sewa Canada International commissioned into service. The 250 Litres Per Minute (LPM) plant has been installed at Chetana Vihara, Bommasandra, in the outskirts of Bengaluru, India. They also host a Retirement & Assisted Living Facility and hence this plant will serve the elderly and other needy patients.
This 250 LPM plant and the earlier one commissioned in rural Gujarat (150 LPM plant) account for a little over CAD$100,000 in costs. The installation and commission of these plants, is facilitated by Sewa International Bharat and their dedicated volunteers working with a team of Professionals, vendors and contractors.

Continuing with our plan of improving the medical infrastructure, our work continued to provide approximately CAD$ 30,000 worth equipment to various hospitals in the remote Eastern province of Manipur in India. The equipment included multi para monitors, Mobile ECG Machines, Pulse Oximeters, Fogger machines, Ambu bag, Suction pumps etc
Sewa Canada International provided CAD$ 20,000 worth of medical equipment to Sreevalsam Institute Of Medical Sciences, Edapal, Malappuram. This is part of Sewa Canada International’s CAD$ 63,000 aid to Kerala alone, amidst the larger ongoing COVID-19 Relief Work in India.
The above work was also covered by local media in Kerala. Click Here to watch the video.
Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission Nagpur was provided with equipment worth approx. CAD$ 20,000 to import critical equipment required in care and treatment of patients suffering from Black Fungus following COVID.

One of the learnings during COVID-19 second wave was the lack of adequate ambulances especially in rural and tribal areas to get patients to hospitals. With this in mind Sewa Canada International is providing 3 ambulances to serve patients now and prepare for future waves. The first of those Ambulances was delivered to Sewa Bharati Madhya Bharat, in the province of Madhya Pradesh.
A fully equipped Medical Ambulance was handed over to Sewa Bharati Manipur, by Sewa Canada International. This will provide easier access to medical care, for underprivileged & geographically remote communities there, during ongoing COVID crisis.
Sewa Canada had earlier provided scores of O2 Concentrators to hospitals & health centres in Manipur. Medical equipment for 5 hospitals in the province to help fight COVID is expected to arrive in a couple of weeks. All of this is part of approx. CAD$ 100,000 aid to the province of Manipur, from Sewa Canada International, in its fight to conquer COVID-19.

• A 1.5 hour interactive online presentation to our donors and supporters on our work so far, now and beyond was hosted on 20th June 2021, 9:00 pm EDT. All of our donors and supporters were invited.
• The presentation included expression of gratitude to all of our donor and fundraising partners, details of work so far, in progress and beyond – on this project
• Financials on the spent so far and that budgeted for long term relief work was shared with the attendees for transparency. 100% of all the funds have been assigned to relief work on the ground.
• Some of our fundraising partners in Canada presented testimonials on their experience and working together in the relief efforts
• We also had representatives of our partners on the ground in India who joined us in this event and took questions from the attendees on the work and situation there.

Relief activities and use of Oxygen Concentrators for the needy continue in Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab, Tamil Nadu & Assam (Total of 10 states)

• 100% of out of 230 Oxygen concentrators have been deployed.
• Residual deployments in rural Punjab & rural Maharashtra were completed.
• Demand for use of Concentrators in rural areas in North Eastern India and Southern India is higher; while demand is decreasing in other regions
• Food relief kits, PPE kits, medical kit distribution and sanitization drives are still going on in impacted areas
• Order for Dialysis equipment in Covid ward in a rural hospital in Maharashtra placed with vendor.
• Order for 2 ambulances for remote tribal areas (of Madhya Pradesh & Manipur) where patients passed away before getting to a hospital due to lack of ambulances in that area.
• Two sites – one in Karnataka and another in rural Gujarat identified for installing 250LPM O2 plants.
• Our team continues to do similar work in Nepal, saving lives.
• Below are some pictures from the past week. For a more pictures please CLICK HERE

Relief activities and use of Oxygen Concentrators for the needy continue in Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur & Punjab. Support extended this week to Tamil Nadu & Assam (Total of 10 states now)

• 100% of out of the initial batch of 205 concentrators have been deployed.
• We received SOS message for help from rural Tamil Nadu, rural Assam and rural Madhya Pradesh.
• Within a week we were able to turn around and begin delivering 25 additional Concentrators in these 3 states
• 20 out of the 25 additional concentrators have been delivered.
• While 8 have been deployed at Government Hospital in Karaikudi; 7 have been deployed in Tiruchirappalli COVID Care Centre in under privileged communities.
• 5 Concentrators were airlifted to Assam today; while 5 more are enroute to rural Madhya Pradesh by road.
• Since last week the remaining concentrators and accessories were deployed in Manipur, Kerala and tribal areas of Southern Gujarat.
• 1000 triple layered cloth masks with a filter in between were provided to 2 very remote villages in tribal areas of Southern Gujarat.
• This was part of COVID awareness campaign.
• 100 underprivileged daily wage families were supplied with kits of fresh nutritious vegetables during current lockdown in Ernakulam, Kerala
• This week we are working on ordering ventilators and dialysis equipment in Covid wards of rural & low budget hospitals
• This week we are also ordering 2 ambulances for remote tribal areas where patients passed away before getting to a hospital due to lack of ambulances in that area.
• Work on identifying hospitals where O2 plants can be installed is still in progress
• Though not part of this campaign, our team has also been involved with similar work in Nepal and getting equipment in there to save lives.
• Below are some pictures from the past week. For a more pictures please CLICK HERE

Thank you to all of our donors. This work would not be possible without your generosity. We will continue to bring updates to you regularly.

• Relief activities and deploying Oxygen Concentrators continue in Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur & Punjab
• 80% of out of the 205 concentrators have been deployed. Oxygen situation has stabilized or needs are on the decline in the big cities and big centres hit by the pandemic.
• However we are receiving requests from rural areas, smaller towns and remote areas and we are looking at ordering more equipment and repurposing existing ones in the field.3. 30 Oxygen Concentrators arrived 2 days ago in Bengaluru. These are being deployed since yesterday and 20 more in transit for Vidhyanidhi Trust, NGO partner serving this area.
• Manipur, North Eastern India – 29 Oxygen concentrators (+1 still in transit), 400 Oxygen delivery devices, 100 Pulse Oximeters, 100 Body scan IR Thermometers is part of our immediate aid arrived in Manipur.
• 25 Oxygen Concentrators are in transit for Bhajan Global Intl Foundation, our NGO partner in rural Karnataka, expected to arrive on 25th May
• In Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh we have deployed 700 Oximeters, 500 Oxygen delivery devices, 200 IR scan thermometers. These are also used by our volunteers to identify persons in under privileged neighbourhoods who either have low oxygen levels and higher temperature, but have not sought medical help. These persons are then directed to COVID care centres or hospital for further testing.
• Attached are a few pictures from the past week in the areas of our operation. More pictures can be found at CLICK HERE
• Bringing patients in from remote areas in tribal Chhattisgarh and Manipur to Covid care centres has been a challenge.
• We are looking at providing 2 Ambulances immediately.6. We will be funding vaccine subsidies for essential workers and daily wage workers We have received proposals to install life saving equipment like ventilators and dialysis equipment in Covid wards of rural & low budget hospitals. We will be working on providing these at the earliest.
• Children who have lost both parents or families who have lost their primary breadwinner need long term aid and help, is one area we will be working with for the long term with our partners
• We are shortlisting hospitals where we can install at least 1 O2 plant with capacity of 250LPM.Thank you to all of our donors. This work would not be possible without your generosity. We will continue to bring updates to you regularly.