British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) President Austen Smith and Nottingham University Hospital Maxillofacial Surgeon Dilip Srinivasan are asking colleagues to support the Nottinghamshire-based Team Robin Hood Rural India Appeal to fight covid spread across rural Indian communities. The appeal organisation is supported by the Small Steps Charity UK, which is helping fight the spread of Covid in Central India. The Indian variant is now sweeping quickly through rural communities, and there an urgent need to put preventative measures in place to minimise spread. So far, the appeal has raised £2,810 of the target £20,000. Donations will go towards such things as face masks, lateral flow tests, sanitiser and body bags. Dilip Srinivasan said: “I want to ask colleagues across the UK to support the appeal if they can. It is small-scale, and won’t change the world, but you have to start somewhere. Can you look, support and consider donating to this important endeavour to help people.”
