Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has donated medical equipment to a charitable hospital in Assam’s Karimganj district.
The authorities of the hospital said that Tendulakar’s act of benevolence will benefit over 2,000 children coming from underprivileged families.
Tendulkar, who is also the ‘Goodwill ambassador of UNICEF’, has donated equipment required in the Paediatric ICU and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to the Makunda hospital.
Vijay Anand Isamael, pediatric Surgeon, Makunda Hospital thanked the legendary batsman for the aid.
“The grant from the Sachin Tendulkar Foundation with support from Ekam Foundation will help us to provide better services at low costs to the poor people who come in large numbers in this area,” he said.