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Hardik, Krunal Pandya to donate 200 oxygen concentrators in rural areas
Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya on Saturday announced that his entire family, including brother Krunal, will donate 200 oxygen concentrators to help the rural areas of the country fight the raging Covid-19 pandemic.
Talking ahead of his team’s match against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, Hardik said his family had been looking for ways to help those in need.
"Gratitude to all the medical staff, frontline workers, and all the individuals who have come out and held their hands at such times to fight out the battle," Hardik said. “Krunal, myself, and my mother — basically our entire family, we were finding ways at trying to help out. We decided to donate 200 oxygen concentrators to the rural parts of India where I feel the medical infrastructure needs more support," he added.
India is reeling under the second wave of the pandemic with cases increasing rapidly, the crisis compounded by the shortage of some crucial medicines and oxygen supplies.
