Schwing Stetter converts a floor into Covid care center
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Schwing Stetter converts a floor into Covid care center

Schwing Stetter India, manufacturers of concreting and construction equipment announced that it has converted a floor in one of the existing buildings of its factories – the F75 unit in Sri Perumbadur into a Covid care centre. This facility will cater exclusively for the company’s employees and their dependents.

The centre has been set up in compliance with the Tamil Nadu Government’s protocols for treatment facilities. Schwing Stetter has deployed:

3 Covid duty medical officers who will be available at the hospital 24/7

6 Covid duty staff nurses

2 Covid duty ambulance drivers

5 beds with oxygen supply

20 beds without oxygen supply

To provide overall well-being to the patients admitted at this facility, a yoga therapist and a psychiatrist/counsellor will also be made available, the company said.

V.G. Sakthikumar, Managing Director, Schwing Stetter India, said, “As we fight this relentless battle against Covid 19, it is in our best interests to ensure complete safety of our employees and their families. The idea behind converting our existing facility into a Covid Hospital is to ensure that our people will have access to the right medical treatment to battle Covid immediately. This is, in our own way – rendering some support to the Tamil Nadu Government to curtail the spread of this virus.”

Schwing Stetter (India) sells and services equipment like concrete pavers, aerial working platform, all-terrain crane, cold milling machine, crawler crane, excavator, horizontal directional drilling, motor grader, rotary drilling rig, tower crane, truck crane and wheel loader.

Written from a company news release.

Schwing Stetter India, manufacturers of concreting and construction equipment announced that it has converted a floor in one of the existing buildings of its factories – the F75 unit in Sri Perumbadur into a Covid care centre. This facility will cater exclusively for the company’s employees and their dependents. The centre has been set up in compliance with the Tamil Nadu Government’s protocols for treatment facilities. Schwing Stetter has deployed: 3 Covid duty medical officers who will be available at the hospital 24/7 6 Covid duty staff nurses 2 Covid duty ambulance drivers 5 beds with oxygen supply 20 beds without oxygen supply To provide overall well-being to the patients admitted at this facility, a yoga therapist and a psychiatrist/counsellor will also be made available, the company said. V.G. Sakthikumar, Managing Director, Schwing Stetter India, said, “As we fight this relentless battle against Covid 19, it is in our best interests to ensure complete safety of our employees and their families. The idea behind converting our existing facility into a Covid Hospital is to ensure that our people will have access to the right medical treatment to battle Covid immediately. This is, in our own way – rendering some support to the Tamil Nadu Government to curtail the spread of this virus.” Schwing Stetter (India) sells and services equipment like concrete pavers, aerial working platform, all-terrain crane, cold milling machine, crawler crane, excavator, horizontal directional drilling, motor grader, rotary drilling rig, tower crane, truck crane and wheel loader. Written from a company news release.

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