The world’s largest two-wheeler maker, Hero MotoCorp is utilising its core strengths and contributing big towards the Covid-19 pandemic fight. The company has announced it will donate 60 first-responder mobile ambulances to authorities.
The company says these unique and utilitarian mobile ambulances will be useful for reaching out to patients in rural and remote areas and comfortably moving them to the nearest hospitals. The ambulances have been custom-built as an accessory to be fitted on Hero MotoCorp motorcycles, with an engine capacity of 150cc and above. In terms of patient support, the ambulances are equipped with sleeping arrangement with essential medical equipment such as a first-aid kit, oxygen cylinder, fire extinguisher and siren. The mobile ambulances will be handed over to authorities in multiple regions across India.
This comes in addition to the Rs 100 crore contribution made by Hero MotoCorp, as aid for the ongoing Covid-19 relief-efforts in India. Of which, Rs 50 crore, is being contributed to the PM-Cares Fund and the remaining Rs 50 crore is being spent in other relief efforts. The BML Munjal University-run by the Hero Group at Dharuhera in the state of Haryana in India – has offered its 2,000-bed hostel for use as isolation and treatment ward by the local health department. The OEM is also distributing more than 15,000 meals to daily wage-workers, stranded labourers and homeless families in several areas of Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.
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