The recent outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic has created an environment of panic and concern all over the globe. The most challenging factor of the crisis has been the shortage of healthcare supplies as new cases get detected around the globe every day.
Amid the ongoing pandemic, tech executives including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have already pledged to help the frontline organizations and healthcare workers as they tackle the virus outbreak.
Joining hands Mahindra Group CEO Anand Mahindra has also announced a series of steps that his company would be taking to help the healthcare professionals and organizations.
Mahindra, in a series of Tweets, said that the Mahindra Group would be manufacturing ventilators and offers Mahindra resorts as a temporary healthcare home as the country battles the virus outbreak.
Here is his 5 tweets thread.
—A lockdown over the next few weeks will help flatten the curve & moderate the peak pressure on medical care. —However, we need to create scores of temporary hospitals & we have a scarcity of ventilators. (2/5)
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 22, 2020
—To help in the response to this unprecedented threat, we at the Mahindra Group will immediately begin work on how our manufacturing facilities can make ventilators.
—At Mahindra Holidays, we stand ready to offer our resorts as temporary care facilities. (3/5)— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 22, 2020
—We will encourage associates to voluntarily contribute to the Fund. I will contribute 100% of my salary to it & will add more over the next few months. I urge all our various businesses to also set aside contributions for those who are the hardest hit in their ecosystems (5/5)
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 22, 2020
Mahindra also said that his company was ready to assist the Indian government and the army in erecting temporary healthcare facilities to tackle the ongoing outbreak. Additionally, the Mahindra Group CEO said that he would create a fund to help small businesses and self-employed people, who are worst hit by this outbreak.
