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Covid-19 second wave: Amazon to airlift, import 100 ICU ventilators from US

The e-commerce giant has worked with MoHFW, Government of India, to ensure the ventilators are of acceptable technical specifications

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Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru
E-commerce major Amazon would airlift, import and donate 100 ICU (intensive care unit) ventilator units from the US to ramp up India’s supplies for fighting the second wave of Covid-19.
 
Amazon India has procured 100 ventilators through its global resources to immediately import into India. This is part of Jeff Bezos-led Amazon’s commitment to help India fight the devastating second wave of Covid-19.
 
The e-commerce giant has worked with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, to ensure the ventilators are of acceptable technical specifications. It has also carried out its own compatibility checks

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