Hyderabad, July 25 -- Cognizant, in partnership with Round Table India Trust has set up 50 beds at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward at Osmania General Hospital.

The set up for the ICU ward costs Rs. 1.5 crore and is equipped with multipara monitors, suction apparatus double jar, syringe pumps, automated external defibrillators, six and twelve channels' ECG machines and a new elevator for patients.

The project is a part of 'Operation C3' - Cognizant's COVID-19 nationwide rapid response program to combat the pandemic. The new ICU ward hopes to cater to underprivileged communities and works as a useful addition to Osmania Hospital's existing 250 ICU beds.

Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary of Industries and Commerce and Information Tech...