The increase in coronavirus deaths in India has Prince Charles “deeply saddened,” he said on Wednesday.
Prince Charles of England made an emotional appeal, endorsing an emergency appeal initiated by his foundation, the British Asian Trust, and urging people to help India deal with a “horrific” second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 72-year-old heir to the British throne expressed his “deep respect” for India, which he has visited many times, and said those affected by the pandemic are in his “thoughts and prayers.”
He urged people to support an appeal to buy oxygen equipment for the nation, which is in desperate need.
“Indian assistance and ingenuity have become a boon to other countries during this enormously difficult time,” the heir to the throne said in a letter to the people of India. As India has aided others, we must now assist India.”
He went on to say that he has a “strong love for India” and that he wanted “those in India who are suffering from the consequences of this pandemic to realize that they are in my thoughts and prayers.”
Prince Charles’ British Asian Trust had launched an emergency appeal called “Oxygen For India” to help address the desperate needs of India’s overcrowded hospitals.
The British International Doctors Association (BIDA) has collaborated with the British Asian Trust to help collect money for the appeal, with a goal of collecting GBP 100,000.
According to the appeal, a donation of GBP 50 will provide oxygen to 40 patients who are unable to breathe, a donation of GBP 450 will provide a low-flow oxygen concentrator to 900 patients, and a donation of GBP 830 will provide a high-flow oxygen concentrator to 550 of the most critically ill patients.
The “Oxygen For India” emergency appeal will use all funds collected to provide as many oxygen concentrators to hospitals as possible as soon as possible.
It describes why oxygen concentrators are an alternative to oxygen cylinders since, unlike cylinders, concentrators recycle oxygen from the air and provide it to the patient on a continuous basis.
