Mumbai, 31 March 2020: Piramal Group in its continued commitment towards supporting the nation in its fight against COVID-19 has pledged Rs25 Crores towards the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The monetary commitment comes on the heels of the manpower and services that have already been deployed in collaboration with central and state government entities to address the unprecedented challenges created by this crisis.
Piramal Foundation, the Group’s philanthropic arm that has presence in 25 states across India, provides primary healthcare and nutrition services (Piramal Swasthya), education leadership and women & youth empowerment (Piramal School of Leadership), and access to safe drinking water (Piramal Sarvajal). This is largely done in partnership with state and central governments, through a unique public-private partnership model, to marginalised sections of society.
In collaboration with public health workers, Piramal Swasthya has set-up Health Helplines in seven states, that provide health advisory and relief measures to the unserved and underserved communities that do not have access to information, doctors and hospitals. These Helplines receive 50,000 calls daily, 20% of which are related to COVID-19.
The Piramal School of Leadership at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, has offered its 40,000 sq. ft. training facility, along with other Piramal aided schools, to the district authorities for use as isolation centers. Piramal Sarvajal provides safe drinking water to 700,000 beneficiaries daily, through its 627+ water ATMs that are now enabled with a contactless smartcard technology to mitigate transmission of the Coronavirus.
In his individual capacity, Ajay Piramal, Chairman-Piramal Group, along with other eminent personalities from the Indian Industry, is actively supporting the Maharashtra State Government in its readiness efforts to handle the COVID-19 crisis by channelizing resources behind interventions across effective utilization of existing hospitals, creation of new isolation bed capacity, ensuring availability of critical hospital supplies –medicines & equipment, ensuring availability of ventilators, distribution of essential foods and fuel.
Piramal Group, through its pharmaceutical business, manufactures and supplies drug products and services that are considered life-sustaining and critical to public health and the healthcare sector.
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