Ajay Devgn helps set up a 20-bed Covid ICU in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

April 28, 2021

The second wave of Coronavirus has been much more excessive and has unfold its wings throughout the nation. The metropolis of Mumbai is now previous it’s peak and has seen a regular lower in circumstances. But nonetheless, round 4000 persons are testing optimistic for the lethal virus every day, ensuing in scarcity of hospital beds. The authorities, therefore, have been attempting their greatest to extend the beds wherever doable. Bollywood actors, too, have been serving to them in order that the infrastructure may very well be ramped as quickly as doable.

It has now come to mild that Bollywood famous person Ajay Devgn has made a important contribution in this regard. He, together with the assistance of his colleagues from Bollywood, gave Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) a sum of Rs. 1 crore to assist set up a 20-bed Covid ICU. This makeshift hospital has been erected on the Bharat Scouts and Guides Hall, situated in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park space. A report confirmed that the mentioned quantity was donated to the BMC for the noble work by Ajay Devgn’s group, NY Foundation.

This Covid ICU is properly geared up with para-screens, ventilators, oxygen assist and shall be managed by medical doctors of the P D Hinduja Hospital, situated a stone’s throw’s distance away from Shivaji Park. Joy Chakraborty, COO of Hinduja Hospital, acknowledged that it will likely be an extension of Hinduja and that meals, linen, medication, manpower and so on shall be supplied by their administration. Meanwhile, native corporator Vishakha Raut confirmed that Ajay Devgn supported them in placing collectively the momentary ICU and appreciated this gesture. She additionally added that it was a lot-wanted as P D Hinduja Hospital was packed to capability and there was a want for extra ICU beds in the neighborhood.

On the movie entrance, Ajay Devgn was final seen in 2020’s greatest grosser, Tanhaji – The Unsung Warrior. His subsequent launch shall be on Disney+ Hotstar, the battle drama, Bhuj – The Pride Of India and is anticipated to launch on Independence Day 2021. As for his theatrical releases, he’ll be seen in the interval sports activities flick, Maidaan and in prolonged particular appearances in S S Rajamouli’s RRR and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi. He’ll quickly start work on Thank God, which additionally options Sidharth Malhotra and Rakul Preet Singh. Finally, he’s additionally at present taking pictures for his directorial enterprise, CouldDay, which additionally sees him as an actor together with Amitabh Bachchan and Rakul Preet Singh.

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