O2 Concentrators for India
~~~ 7 days | 723 O2Concentrators have flown to India ~~~
Phase 1
549 - 01 May
174 - 02 May
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723 Oxygen Concentrators airlifted out of Heathrow for India in 7 days flat!
Phase 2
We want to reach people suffering back home, even faster.
Expand our reach and work closely with State & Local governments, charities and NGOs. We aspire to be able to deliver these Oxygen Concentrators even faster to fellow Indians.
Connect with us and keep donating!
- Team O2CforIndia
Email: [email redacted]
Twitter: @o2cforindia
~~~ 6 days | 1st lot of 549 O2Concentrators have flown ~~~
Phase 1
549 Oxygen Concentrators flew out of Heathrow for India just a while back!
The next lot of 296 is being moved from distributor to the air cargo.
Phase 1 Total: 845
Phase 2
We want to aim for 1500 and we need your continued patronage. Keep donating
- Team O2CforIndia
Twitter: @o2cforindia
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~ ~ ~ UPDATE 29 APR ~ ~ ~
4 days into the drive
** Phase - 1 **
*1st consignment of 174 Oxygen Concentrators duly packed, palletized were sent out from our distributor to the warehouse today.*
2nd consignment of 441 Units expected to reach warehouse tomorrow.
Both these consignments are slated to be airlifted from London to India asap.
3rd consignment of 230 Units scheduled for early next week
Total 1st Phase delivery: 845 units
** Phase - 2 **
Many of you have asked us to keep going ahead with the momentum and flow we have created.
The pictures of equipment moving out gave us hope, strength and determination today.
We'll need to collect further funds if we have to go beyond.
Thank you for your continued patronage
Click here to donate -> https://gofund.me/40bb9ac4
~ ~ ~ UPDATE 28 APR ~ ~ ~
After 3 days.
** Phase - 1 **
Funding Target: 400,000 GBP Achieved
Oxygen Concentrators target: 800. Achieved
Our Funding target of 400,000 GBP has been achieved and we have placed orders for 825 units. The entire team is working towards earliest & continuous fulfilment of shipment, starting this weekend.
** Phase - 2 **
Your continued funds will enable us to initiate a second phase of medical supplies as required on an urgent basis in India.
Thank you for your continued patronage
Click here to donate -> https://gofund.me/40bb9ac4
~ ~ ~ UPDATE 27 APR ~ ~ ~
Here we are after 2.5 days.
We have placed orders for 450 units
We're in advanced stage of ordering 375 additional units and thereby surpassing our ultimate target of 800.
Our schedule remains on track. All of us were overwhelmed to see these equipment being packed carefully. Pics coming soon!
The first shipment is scheduled from London to India this weekend.
To our media friends - Our complete focus is on earliest shipment of these devices. Our upfront apologies for not being able to update you separately. We'll post complete details post-shipment.
We'll keep everyone updated on our daily progress here.
Keep donating and passing on this message to your groups!
Click here to donate -> https://gofund.me/40bb9ac4
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~ ~ ~ UPDATE 26 APR ~ ~ ~
Your generous contribution thus far meant that we bumped our target from 200 to 400 Oxygen Concentrators yesterday. Your contributions did NOT stop even after reaching funding targets. And helped us to bump up our targets to 600 units.
We just finished our negotiations for supply of 600 Oxygen Concentrators from various distributors. The medical team working with us has identified some other essential components that should be tagged along with Oxygen Concentrators. More on the complete package tomorrow.
The distributors are working fervently with Thursday deadline. Thereafter, our shipment lifts off from London to India.
We'll keep you updated on our daily progress.
The call-for-funding is still open. We have NOT stopped on our end
click here to donate -> https://gofund.me/40bb9ac4
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* * * UPDATE: 12 hours * * *
- Our initial outrageous plan was to secure fund to procure ~200 Oxygen Concentrators. Together, we'll overshoot that outrageous goal.
- Tomorrow, we've an important day of negotiations and finalization with the distributors. Wish us the best of luck
- We've secured the necessary approvals to ship this to India. That is a big sigh of relief
- This stock will be handed over directly to Ministry of Health for further distribution through ICMR/Red Cross.
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OVERVIEW
The second wave of Covid19 has hit India hard and at a lightning speed resulting into medical infrastructure unable to cope.
One of the major bottlenecks has been O2 supply. While India is trying hard to ramp up O2 supply, the demand has been unprecedented.
Most of the major industrial plants have diverted their O2 supply towards meeting this demand but are unable to meet.
Since lack of oxygen supply has been a limiting factor, we would like to contribute as many O2 Concetrators as we can procure from various sellers and send it to India to aid in recovery and ease the burden on already stretched resources.
O2 concentrators need just a 220V power supply to purify oxygen from ambient air by filtering out nitrogen.
Every contribution no matter how big or small counts.
Time is of essence and we would like to raise these funds by Monday morning UK time to ensure that we can get hold of all supplies that are available.
We have 24 hours to secure stock and must place the order as soon as possible as stocks are running low everywhere,