New Delhi: Sewa International has donated five oxygen concentrators to Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Tibbiya Medical College in Deoband and Varanasi's Vishal Bharat Sansthan on Saturday.
Senior RSS Pracharak Indresh Kumar and Sewa International Managing Trustee Shyam Prande have released the consignment from New Delhi.
The NGO is also planning to distribute 10,000 oxygen concentrators, 400 ventilators, 20,500 pulse oximeters, 50,000 ration kits and 50,000 medical kits nationwide.
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Shyam Prande informed that of these nearly 2,000 oxygen concentrators and 1,500 pulse oximeters have been distributed so far and by May end, the rest of the medical supplies will be distributed.
Notably, Sewa International has raised a huge fund of over 5 million dollars through social media.
Recently, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has also donated 2.5 million dollars for relief operations amid the Covid crisis in India.
Chief Operating Officer of Seva International, Shubham said that 45 centres have been selected across India based on the population of the area for the distribution of the relief material.
Out of these 31 centres are active where Sewa International volunteers will provide necessary equipment as per the need of Covid Care Centers.
The NGO has also launched the 'covidseva.com' website to check the veracity of campaigns or posts being run on social media seeking help.
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The NGO will also make all its information available on the website.
Taking care of people's mental health amid testing times, 110 trained counsellors associated with Sewa International are available on call for 5 hours each day.
The helpline number is available on the website.
Sewa International is also planning to set up oxygen plants in 7 hospitals in India.
Talking about the relief work being undertaken by the organisation, Indresh Kumar said that a large amount of help is being sent by the people of Indian-origin living abroad.
The help is provided equally to every section of the society without any discrimination.
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