May 23, 2021 | Reported By : PTI
As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic batters rural India, a
voluntary group of doctors and professionals from the diaspora in the US and from India has launched a unique initiative that will provide
virtual time-sensitive information to healthcare workers in rural areas
on treating COVID-19 patients, real-time details on hospital bed
availability and counter vaccine misinformation. Project Madad
has been created with a mission that proper education and training of
local healthcare workers and Registered Medical Practitioners (RMPs)
will be fundamental in controlling COVID-19 spread in rural India.
The Madad team is initially working with RMPs in rural Telangana and Andhra
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world s highest number of cases and deaths at 33,103,118 and 589,670, respectively, according to the CSSE. In terms of infections, India follows in second place with 26,289,290 cases.