COVID-19 Relief: Maruti Suzuki Ready to Deliver First Batch of 1,000 Ventilators Tomorrow

New Delhi: One of India’s leading automobile companies, Maruti Suzuki on Friday announced that it will commence the deliveries of nearly 10,000 ventilators to use its capabilities in fighting the nationwide battle against coronavirus. Also Read – Coronavirus: With 1,752 New Patients, India Witnesses Highest Spike in COVID-19 Cases in Last 24 Hours | Key Developments

The company had decided to utilise its resources for manufacturing large scale quality ventilators to enable AgVa Healthcare, set up by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to tide over any shortages in treating Covid-19 patients. Also Read – GDP Growth Projections Before COVID-19 Need to be Relooked, Revised: Finance Commission

So far, the cumulative production has crossed 1000 units and deliveries to HLL Lifecare, against their order of 10,000 ventilators and it will be dispatched tomorrow, said RC Bhargava, Chairman of Maruti Suzuki India. Also Read – Shocking! Rajinikanth Fan Kills Thalapathy Vijay Fan Over Heated Argument on COVID-19 Funds

Maruti Suzuki India had decided to use its capabilities for large scale quality manufacturing to enable Agva Healthcare, a new&small start-up to scale-up ventilator production: RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India pic.twitter.com/u2TsatnwNc

— ANI (@ANI) April 24, 2020

Apart from Maruti, Mahindra has also been looking into the possibilities of manufacturing ventilators, as requested by the Health Ministry.

At present, engineers of Mahindra Group are working on manufacturing prototypes of ventilators. Besides, the Ministry had also requested Bharat Electronics Ltd to manufacture 30,000 ventilators in the next two months in collaboration with local manufacturers.

Notably, in the US, companies such as Ford Motor and GM have already been roped into manufacturing the life saving medical equipment.