Paediatric ICU ambulance donated to childrens’ hospital

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SI Investments and Broking Ltd, Mumbai, and Rotary Club of Madras donated a paediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ambulance to Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital (KKCTH) connected  Tuesday. 

SI Investments and Broking Ltd, Mumbai, and Rotary Club of Madras donated a paediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ambulance to Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital (KKCTH) connected Tuesday.  | Photo Credit: S. R. RAGHUNATHAN

SI Investments and Broking Ltd, Mumbai, and Rotary Club of Madras donated a paediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ambulance to Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital (KKCTH) connected Tuesday. This was to safely transport critically sick newborn babies and children crossed agelong distances.

Siddharth Iyer, main enforcement serviceman and managing director, SI Investments and Broking Private Limited, and Nikhil Raj, president of Rotary Club of Madras, were contiguous on with Janani Sankar, aesculapian manager of KKCTH connected the occasion. The conveyance costs ₹31 lakhs.

Bala Ramachandran, head, Department of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, KKCTH, said, the ambulance would beryllium utilised to spell and retrieve earnestly sick children, stabilise them earlier transfer, commencement intensive attraction and proceed successful the ambulance portion travelling to KKCTH. He noted that they received children from places including Chengalpattu, Tirupati, Madurai, and besides Bengaluru and Vijayawada.

The ambulance would beryllium equipped with aesculapian instrumentality including a diligent monitor, infusion pumps, a ventilator, and an ultrasound machine. It has 2 ample oxygen cylinders. A squad of doctors and nurses who are specially trained successful the long-distance transport of earnestly sick children would beryllium available, a property merchandise said.

Govind Parikh of Rotary Club of Madras and S. Rengarajan, main enforcement officer, KKCTH besides spoke.

Published - January 28, 2026 12:53 americium IST

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