Considering the rise in the Novel Coronavirus cases in Telangana, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders announced to donate ambulances to the State run hospitals.
K.T.R. Rama Rao, the Working President of the TRS and the Information Technology (IT) Minister of Telangana declared he would donate six ambulances to government hospitals in the State.
Following Rama Rao’s announcement, several ministers, Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and senior leaders of the party also announced to donate ambulances.
Rama Rao said he would be bearing the expenses of the six ambulances and present them in the name of the TRS party so that the ambulances can be put to use during the ongoing pandemic crisis of the Novel Coronavirus.
Mr. Rao in a tweet said, “These ambulances will have all the latest facilities including capabilities for conduct of tests for the coronavirus. These ambulances will be of great use in the rural areas (sic.)”
Meanwhile, Etela Rajender said he would donate 5 ambulances for the ongoing situation.
Mr. Rajender said, “These ambulances can be used as mini hospitals. every ambulance will have provision for a ventilator and oxygen. We will use them to test for Covid-19 too.”
In addition, G. Jagadish, the Minister for Energy, also announced to donate six ambulances for Suryapet, Bhongir, Yadadri and Nalgonda districts.
Nalgonda legislators Shekhar Reddy, Saidi Reddy, Gyadari Kishore, Bhupal Reddy, Ravindra Kumar, B. Mallayya Yadav, Member of Parliament Lingaiah Yadav, party leader V. Narsimha Reddy and MLC Karne Prabhakar accompanied Jagadish Reddy and announced additional ambulances to be donated.
Minister for Excise V. Srinivas Goud also declared that he, along with party leaders from the erstwhile Mahabubnagar district would donate 11 ambulances.
Errabelli Dayakar Rao, the Rural Minister of Telangana along with Minister Satyavathi Rathod and MLAs announced to donate six ambulances.
Another Minister Indrakaran Reddy announced he would donate four ambulances while Armoor MLA Jeevan Reddy, Minister Prashant Reddy, Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, legislators Shakeel and Ganesh Gupta announced they would provide 5 more ambulances.
As a gratitude, KTR thanked all the ministers who came forward and donated ambulances for Telangana hospitals during such a pandemic crisis.
With this, MLAs and leaders are going to provide 100 ambulances to 32 districts of the State
Mr. Rao said, “I never knew that my announcement will encourage so many leaders to come forward. I wish that these 100 ambulances will lessen the demand for ambulances during the corona pandemic.”
Meanwhile, Telangana with a recovery rate of 76% reported a total of 52,466 cases of the Novel Coronavirus. Of the total, 11,677 are active cases, 40,334 are recovered/discharged and 455 deceased.
Stay tuned for further updates.
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