Sewa International has announced in a news release that it is sending aid to help India get through its latest wave of COVID-19, having raised nearly $4.7 million from over 66,000 Indian Americans, it said.
As part of its aid, the nonprofit is sending an initial shipment of 2,184 oxygen concentrators and other emergency medical devices and supplies to India immediately, as well as working on procuring more from multiple suppliers around the world to ease oxygen shortage caused by the surging numbers of COVID-19 cases in the country.Â
Sewa has started âHelp India Defeat COVID-19â campaign to ship oxygen concentrators to Indian hospitals. It is also providing food and medicines to about 10,000 families and more than 1,000 orphanages, and senior citizen centers across the country, the organization said in its release.
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An Indian-American group led by several doctors, who trace their origin to Bihar and Jharkhand, has launched a free telemedicine helpline for COVID-19 patients back home.
Led by Dr Avinash Gupta, who is president of Bihar and Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA), and several of Indian-American doctors, the group is using the internet and apps to provide free healthcare consultancy to those who have tested positive for COVID-19. This is part of our effort to help in whatever way we can with our people back home, said Alok Kumar, former FIA president.
Send An Indian-American group led by several doctors, who trace their origin to Bihar and Jharkhand, has launched a free telemedicine helpline for COVID-19 patients back home.
Washington:
Led by Dr Avinash Gupta, who is president of Bihar and Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA), and several of Indian-American doctors, the group is using the internet and apps to provide free healthcare consultancy to those who have tested positive for COVID-19. This is part of our effort to help in whatever way we can with our people back home,â said Alok Kumar, former FIA president. In the first few days, nearly a dozen doctors have been able to provide free tele help to scores of COVID-19 patients.
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Led by Dr Avinash Gupta, who is president of Bihar and Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA), and several of Indian-American doctors, the group is using the internet and apps to provide free healthcare consultancy to those who have tested positive for COVID-19.
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An Indian-American group led by several doctors, who trace their origin to Bihar and Jharkhand, has launched a free telemedicine helpline for COVID-19 patients back home.
Led by Dr Avinash Gupta, who is president of Bihar and Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA), and several of Indian-American doctors, the group is using the internet and apps to provide free healthcare consultancy to those who have tested positive for COVID-19.