CSR collaboration delivers critical aid to vulnerable infants from poor families

The collaboration funded over 700 cumulative days of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) support, offering a lifeline to several families from underserved economic backgrounds in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh.

The initiative focused on the most vulnerable demographics: families earning less than ₹15,000 per month for whom private NICU care is financially out of reach, according to a release.

Babies suffering from extreme prematurity (born under 30 weeks), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), and Neonatal Sepsis received NICU support as part of this initiative. 

“Without immediate NICU intervention, survival rates for these conditions are critically low. The funding covered surfactant life-saving medication for newborns with underdeveloped lungs, oxygen therapy, cardiac monitoring, and specialised nutritional care for low-birth-weight babies,” said Tanya Bali, Co-Founder and Chief Catalyst, Neonates Foundation of India.

This partnership highlights the power of corporate social responsibility in addressing healthcare equity. “At Tekion, we believe technology serves a greater purpose when it enables positive human impact,” said Aravind Gowda, Senior Director, Tekion. 

“Partnering with the Neonates Foundation allowed us to intervene at the most critical moment of life—birth. We are humbled to have played a part in giving these infants a fighting chance at survival and relieving their parents of an impossible financial burden,” he said.

He indicated that the collaborative initiative will cover the medical treatment of more such newborns in future.

According to the release, infants of low-income families in need of NICU support were identified by a panel of medical experts. Many of them were born too early or were too small, making it difficult for them to breathe and survive. Several suffered from serious infections soon after birth. Some had very low birth weight and required constant monitoring and specialised support. A few were born with heart-related complications, while others experienced pauses in breathing due to extreme prematurity. In some cases, babies did not receive enough oxygen at birth and needed urgent life-saving intervention. These critical conditions required advanced NICU care and around-the-clock medical supervision, which was made possible through this collaboration, the release noted.