Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has converted its Ghatage Convention Centre located on Old Airport Road into a Covid-19 Care Center (CCC) and handed it over to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) recently.

The facility housing 160 beds with supporting infrastructure was created in 16 days, according to R Madhavan, CMD, HAL. Added to this Alok Verma, Director-HR, HAL that initially, the facility would be utilized for treatment of asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patients. 

A MoU was signed between HAL, represented by Ch Venkateswara Rao, GM-CSR, HAL, and R Venkatachalapathy, Joint Commissioner, Mahadevapura Zone, BBMP in the presence of senior government and HAL officials. Arrangements for doctors and paramedical staff as well as the running of the facility would be taken care by BBMP.

As part of its fight against COVID-19 pandemic, HAL has already contributed ₹ 26.25 crore to the PM-CARES Fund (₹ 20 crore under CSR head with employees contributing another ₹ 6.25 crore).

Additionally, HAL produced 300 aerosol boxes which have been handed over to various state governments like Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. The company has also distributed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), thousands of masks besides supporting migrant labour by providing them food and shelter.

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