Hove surgeon sends 400 oxygen concentrators to home city in India

By Isabella Cipirska
Published 14th May 2021, 15:18 BST
Mr Shaik with the oxygen containersMr Shaik with the oxygen containers
Mr Shaik with the oxygen containers
Four hundred oxygen concentrators will soon be flying out of Gatwick Airport to Hyderabad city in India thanks to the fundraising efforts of a Hove surgeon.

For the last month Yousufuddin Shaik orthopaedic surgeon at The Montefiore Hospital in Hove, has been raising funds and working with local charities and Medical Aid International to refurbish the oxygen concentrators which will help save lives as India battles the COVID pandemic.

Mr Shaik said: “We have had donations from family, friends, and work colleagues, it has been amazing.”

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His relatives still live in his home city of Hyderabad, including his parents and his parents-in-law.

Mr Shaik with the oxygen containersMr Shaik with the oxygen containers
Mr Shaik with the oxygen containers

“I have been very concerned for my family, but when you keep seeing those video clips on television of what is happening in India and people dying just because of a lack of oxygen, I had to do something,” he said.

He raised almost £15,000 through a JustGiving page and collaborating with other charity organisations, which will ensure 400 concentrators plus 400,000 face masks and 10 CPAP machines (continuous positive airway pressure therapy) will be sent directly to Hyderabad.