December 8: The Center for Research and Sustainable Development Nepal (CREASION), a non-profit, non-governmental organization promoting compassion-based development, with funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation, successfully installed and handed over an oxygen plant to the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Maharajgunj, Kathmandu on Wednesday.

According to a statement issued by Coca-Cola, the oxygen plant can serve up to 50 patients at a time and provides 240 litres of oxygen per second.

Dev Kumari Guragain, secretary at the Minister of Health and Population reportedly thanked CREASION and The Coca-Cola Foundation for their efforts in installing the Oxygen Plant.

 “The pandemic had made us realize the importance of staying prepared and well-equipped with essential materials,” the statement quoted Secretary Guragain as saying. “We are happy to have organizations supporting the healthcare sector in doing so.”

The handover ceremony was conducted in the presence of Secretary Guragain, TUTH Director Dinesh Kafle, Manmohan Hospital’s Executive Director Uttam Krishna Shrestha, Adarsh Avasthi, country manager for Coca-Cola in Nepal and Bhutan, Aanand Mishra, founder and president of CREASION.