Assam Foundation of North America joins in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic

GUWAHATI: Assam Foundation of North America (AFNA) volunteers put together an unprecedented fund-raising campaign to join the fight to defeat the dreaded coronavirus. The size of this calamity demanded the biggest and boldest response from AFNA. The AFNA team put together an ambitious goal to raise $100,000 in a short period of three weeks to source and supply Oxygen Concentrators, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Oximeters for the newly-created COVID Care Centres, stated a press release.

For this effort, AFNA partnered with National Health Mission (NHM), Assam. The concentrators were sourced not only from India but also from the US. A total of 47 concentrators, 1500 PPE and 50 oximeters were arranged in a short time and were delivered to the NHM over a period of three weeks starting early June. These concentrators, PPE and Oximeters were delivered and deployed from the four medical college hospitals in Assam.

AFNA also partnered with a local NGO in Assam to procure and deploy 50 oxygen cylinders at six different locations in Assam (Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Cachar, Dhola, Tezpur & Dibrugarh). These cylinders were provided free to patients who could not afford to pay.

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