Royal Challengers Bangalore, through its parent company Diageo, on Monday has pledged to donate 45 crore for India's COVID-19 fight. "We will set up Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Plants in Government Hospitals in 21 districts to create long-term Oxygen capacity. Along with it, the RCB will provide fully equipped, pre-fabricated 16-bed mini-hospital units with PSA Oxygen Plants in another 15 critical districts to increase bed capacity. "Further the RCB will donate medical equipment including Oxygen concentrators, Oxygen cylinders, ventilators beds and other critical patient care devices to hospitals across 10 states to address immediate needs," said the Diageo/RCB management in a statement.
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Anand Kripalu, MD, Diageo and Chairman of the RCB, said: At a time when the country is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, we want to support the government's efforts and stand by the citizens of India. Long term medical infrastructure especially hospital beds and self-sufficiency in Oxygen are what is needed most and we hope our contribution will go into every state and it will help play a part in India's recovery." In addition to the same, RCB had announced to wear a special blue jersey in one of their IPL 2021 matches to show solidarity towards front line heroes. In the latest release, the franchise has mentioned that they will do the same whenever IPL 2021 resumes. Apart from RCB, Sun TV Network, the parent company of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH), will be donating ₹30 crore to help the people fighting the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sun TV will also help in spreading greater awareness among millions of their audiences about COVID-19. The second wave of coronavirus has infected many people, and the number of COVID-19 positive cases has been increasing at an alarming rate in the country.
