LG Electronics Pledges $5.5 Million to Support India’s Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

South Korean tech large LG Electronics has pledged monetary help of $5.5 million to India within the combat towards the lethal second wave of COVID-19. LG says the corporate will make ten makeshift hospitals throughout the nation in affiliation with native authorities our bodies and NGOs. In addition to the monetary help, the corporate will even assist India’s greatest medical facility AIIMS by including extra beds to deal with COVID-19 sufferers. In a press release, the tech large provides that the required infrastructure for AIIMS hospital (with out clarifying the department) will likely be funded by LG. The makeshift hospitals will likely be arrange throughout Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Bhopal, Udaipur, Lucknow and different cities. It will likely be working with companions together with the People to People basis, in case of extra funding is required to combat the battle towards coronavirus in India.

Speaking over the event, Young Lak Kim, managing director at LG Electronics India, stated the corporate would lend full assist to the federal government and residents within the combat towards COVID-19. “In the onset of pandemic final yr, we supplied assist by sharing our assets with the healthcare group. Our focus has at all times been on the well-being of the folks, and we consider by means of makeshift hospitals we will contribute to saving lives by creating medical infrastructure. It has been 24 years since our inception in India, and we’re dedicated to making Life’s good for India,” Young added in the statement. In April 2020, LG partnered with Akshaya Patra Foundation to serve 1 million meals across the country. Its India arm also donated products like Water Purifier, Air conditioners, Refrigerator and TV to the 300+ hospitals allotted for quarantine and isolation wards in state & districts.