Month: June 2021

** CHD Group donates 45 oxygen concentrators to BBMP

CHD Group, India country office headquartered at Mangaluru, worked with logistics partner Les Concierges, Bengaluru, and donated 45 oxygen concentrators to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).

BBMP Commissioner Gaurav Gupta, received oxygen concentrators and appreciated the philanthropic work of CHD Group in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHD Group also donated five oxygen concentrators to St Johns Medical College Hospital in Bengaluru, to support extended rural outreach, said a press release.

** A campaign to brand white okra launched in Karkala

In a concerted effort by elected representatives, Horticulture Department and a cooperative society, a campaign has been launched in Karkala, Udupi district, from Tuesday to promote the widespread cultivation of a local variety of “bili bende” (white okra) involving 20,000 families under the brand name ‘Kaarla Bende’. Kaarla in Tulu means Karkala.

** United States Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy donates 1.4 crore worth equipment

United States surgeon general Dr Vivek Murthy has donated Covid related medical equipment to small hospitals in Mandya and Kodagu districts.

Murthy a native of Hallegere in Mandya district contributing through his Scope Foundation.