The heartbreaking Covid crisis in India has led to a decrease in hospital beds, desperate need for medical supplies e.g. oxygen ventilators, oxygen concentrators, as crematoriums and graveyards continue to be overwhelmed.
Vaidehi Bathia in association with charity Disaster Emergency Committee(DEC), is raising money to help with the distribution of oxygen tanks. “We are working closely with Viable Hospital, Bhuj, a hospital in Kutch, Gujarat. Viable Hospital is in contact with other hospitals who are also in desperate need for donations of oxygen tanks and will be sharing the tanks that we can get over to them,” her fundraiser reads.
“I’m proud to be working with the Post Office as the UK’s largest retail network and the DEC with their international reach in this important appeal. Please give what you can,” she writes.
Since its launch in July 2020, the DEC Coronavirus Appeal has raised £41 million and this funding is being spent by DEC charities across the seven fragile places the appeal was launched for, including Yemen, Syria and South Sudan. Given the devastating coronavirus surge in India at the moment, the DEC extended its appeal to include India on 28
April 2021 and, as of this date, all donations received will be used to respond to the crisis in India.
DEC charities will be supporting India’s health system by providing essential equipment like
PPE, disinfection kits, medical supplies and ambulances, ventilators and oxygen concentrators and all kinds of logistical support for Covid-19.
For more information you can visit https://justgiving.com/fundraising/help-india-breathe-sos
