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Sachin Tendulkar donates Rs 1 crore to procure Oxygen cylinders

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New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar has contributed Rs 1 crore to procure oxygen cylinders for hospitals in India for Covid-19 patients.The contribution was forwarded to 'Mission Oxygen', an initiative of medical fundraising website Ketto.

In a statement released on his social media handles on Thursday, Tendulkar said that "The second wave of Covid has put our health-care system under immense pressure. Providing oxygen for the large number of serious Covid patients is the need of the hour,"

"It is heartening to see how people are rising to the occasion. A group of 250+ young entrepreneurs have launched Mission Oxygen to raise funds for importing oxygen concentrators and donating them to hospitals across the country. I've helped by contributing to the cause and hope that their effort soon reaches out to many more hospitals across India. Today, we have to stand together behind everyone that is working hard to fight this pandemic," he further said.

Tendulkar's name appears at the top of the list of donors on the initiative's page on the website. It shows that it has thus far raised over Rs 17 crore as on Friday with a target of Rs 35 crore.

It said on Thursday that it has already placed "an order for 3,900 concentrators".

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