Direct Relief sends oxygen concentrators to India via FedEx-donated charter flights

Stattimes14 May, 2021News

A FedEx-donated Boeing 777 fully loaded with oxygen concentrators and other supplies from Direct Relief is flying this weekend to India -- for the second time in as many weeks -- to help patients with Covid-19 survive the pandemic's deadliest surge yet. The May 15 flight from Newark to Delhi will deliver 286 high-flow oxygen concentrators and 500 low-flow concentrators, adding to the 3,500 concentrators from Direct Relief transported via another FedEx-donated charter that arrived May 9 and coordinated with the Tata Memorial Center in Mumbai, which cleared the items and distributed them within two days to more than 40 hospitals in the region. This weekend's flight also includes 1.8 million KN95 masks, 125,000 gloves, and other requested medical items.