Hero MotoCorp set to donate first-responder mobile ambulances

As part of its ongoing initiatives towards COVID-19 relief efforts, Hero MotoCorp, world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, is donating 60 first-responder mobile ambulances to authorities.

These unique and utilitarian mobile ambulances will be useful for reaching out to patients in rural & remote areas as well as comfortably moving them to the nearest hospitals.

The ambulances have been custom-built as an accessory to be fitted on Hero MotoCorp motorcycles, with an engine capacity of 150 cc and above. The ambulance accessories include sleeping arrangement with essential medical equipment such as a first-aid kit, oxygen cylinder, fire extinguisher and siren.

These mobile ambulances will be handed over to the concerned authorities in multiple regions across India.

Hero Group has committed a corpus of Rs 100 crore as an aid for the ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts in India. Half of this sum, i.e. Rs 50 crore, is being contributed to the PM-Cares Fund and the remaining Rs 50 crore will be spent in other relief efforts.

BML Munjal University (run by the Hero Group) in the state of Haryana, has offered its 2000-bed hostel for using it as isolation & treatment ward by the local health department