Bhumi and Volunteer group @CovidRural, two voluntary forums of Bengaluru have donated 15,000 N95 masks to the health authorities of Nuapada district.
Two other forums, United Way and Crypto Relief India, in association with CovidRural had already supplied 35 D type 46.7 Jumbo empty cylinders to the district earlier.
These forums getting support from various donors and larger community of supporters have extended help to almost all the districts and Taluk Government hospitals of Odisha with an objective to improve the capacity of public hospitals during Covid-19.The District Press Club (DPC), Nuapada is coordinating with these forums to mobilise the support for the district. "After a discussion with the CDMO, we had requested the donors to provide 15,000 N 95 masks, which have now arrived at Khariar. It will be handed over to the CDMO as suggested by the Nuapada DM," informed DPC president Ajit Panda.
Many people like Vinay Ramesh, Prashanth Vasudevan, Nitin Seshadri, Aswin and Karthik are volunteering their services for coordinating between the nodal and district-level groups and the donors for delivering the consignments to the Government hospitals.