Oil and gas company Vedanta Limited has started setting up a 100-bed field hospital for coronavirus patients in Barmer district of Rajasthan, according to a release.
The hospital, a part of the company’s initiative of creating an additional capacity of 1,000 critical care beds across 10 cities of the country, will be ready in the next a few days, it said.
The company has pledged Rs 150 crore to help the country in its fight against the rapidly spreading second wave of COVID-19. This is over and above Rs 201 crore that was spent by the Vedanta group last year, the release said.