Rotary equips Pondicherry hospitals

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Samir Kamra, member of RC ­Pondicherry Port, RID 2981, sponsored a desktop computer worth `50,000 to the Covid ward at the General Hospital and a flake ice maker worth `2.5 lakh to the Indira ­Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute. Flake ice has a variety of medical and laboratory uses ranging from ­physiotherapy to instrument calibration and transportation of donated organs. “It will also help in enhancing Covid testing,” said Rajesh Candamourty, club secretary.

Club president M Nandakumar, treasurer Shrikanth R D and Kamra, along with his wife Nalini, handed over the equipment to the hospital authorities.