Hyderabad, May 1:Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has once again came forward to lend a helping hand to strengthen medical infrastructure in Southern states to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Many of the CII member companies in the healthcare, pharma, life sciences and medical equipment sectors have ramped up production of essential medical supplies like Medical Oxygen, Ventilators, makeshift hospitals, ICU beds, Remdesivir and other viral drugs which are of immediate requirement for hospitals and primary health centres across the Southern Region”, Mr C K Ranganathan, Chairman, CII Southern Region said in a release here today.

As an immediate step, CII Member companies have come forward in setting up around 500 mobile makeshift hospitals as part of their CSR activities. Member companies in the IT sector is working with State Governments in setting up of BPO centres to provide real-time data on the availability of beds in hospitals, oxygen cylinders and other critical items required for treatment of patients, he said.(UNI)