HP Enterprise India kick-starts administering COVID jabs to its employees and their families
Digital Edge Bureau 07 Jun, 2021 0 comment(s)In a significant move, HP Enterprise has started the vaccination drive for its employees and their immediate family members at Bengaluru and will soon be having it in Gurugram and Chennai. As a company whose purpose is to advance the way people live and work, HP Enterprise has announced a comprehensive health guidelines for better safety and welfare of its employees in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID Reference Guide provides employees with necessary support on hospitalization, medical insurance, 24×7 telemedicine and other wellness resources. The company has worked with Apollo Hospitals to set-up 45 isolation beds across Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram/Delhi and Mumbai. Also, HP Enterprise is in the process of setting up an 80-bed isolation center which will include critical care facilities in Bengaluru and Chennai. These centers will convert large hotels into COVID-19 care facilities equipped with oxygen beds and limited Intensive Care Units and will be staffed around the clock by doctors, nurses and paramedics.
The company has procured oxygen concentrators and are working to get these deployed through paramedic staff to employees across Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram and Mumbai. It has started the vaccination drive for its employees and their immediate family members at Bengaluru and will soon be having it in Gurugram and Chennai. Internal volunteers augmenting the HPE India COVID-19 support efforts by helping team members and their family members with assistance in hospitalization
It also offers financial assistance, where a team member financial assistance fund has been constituted to help employees with related COVID-19 care. For better emotional up-keeping, availability of several support resources including webcasts related to COVID-19 prevention and care, advice on mental and physical wellness, and free personalized counseling and support services for team members and their families – through the company’s Employee Assistance Program – has been ensured.