According to India Today, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan recently donated a ventilator worth 2,000 gigabytes to a hospital in Mumbai. It is understood that this is not the first time that Ba Qiang has donated medical supplies to the outside world.
Born on October 11, 1942, the 79-year-old Amitba Ba Qiang is An Indian national treasure actor known as "Jackie Chan of India" and affectionately known as "Big B" by fans.
He has starred in films familiar to Chinese audiences such as "The Great Gates", "Slum Millionaire", "Indian Mob", "Aladdin's Lamp" and "Daddy 102 Years Old", and is a well-deserved godfather of Indian film.
In July last year, it was reported that the Ba Qiang family, including their son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, had been infected with the new crown pneumonia. But fortunately, the family gradually recovered.
This time, Ba Qiang donated two state-of-the-art intensive care ventilators to Sion Hospital in Mumbai. This medical device is used for COVID-19 patients who are unable to breathe spontaneously or need assisted breathing, which is of great help to the treatment of hospitals.
After receiving medical supplies worth about Rs 20 million for ventilators, monitors, CRM image intensifiers, infusion pumps, etc., Dr. Mohan Joshi, the hospital's director, expressed his sincere gratitude to Ba Qiang on behalf of all the hospital's medical staff.
An official at Sion Hospital said: "These two ventilators have been put into use and have effectively treated more than 30 COVID-19 patients. ”
Dean Mohan said gratefully: "The two respirators donated by Amitba Ba qiang are currently the most advanced and can be used by connecting to a computer for manipulation. It is very effective for treating severe COVID-19 patients with breathing difficulties, and it is simply the timely rain of our hospital, thank him so much. ”
According to data released by the Ministry of Health of India on June 23, there are more than 50,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, with a cumulative total of more than 30.02 million confirmed cases; 1,358 new deaths, with a cumulative death rate of more than 390,000. As of the 23rd, the number of new confirmed cases in India has remained below 100,000 for 16 consecutive days.