A friendly gesture for needy patients
The Hindu
What started as a care centre for friends, has been opened to all
It is neither a hospital nor a COVID Care Centre run by the State government, but there are 50 COVID-19 patients from diverse backgrounds living together here, turning strength for one another in this hour of despair. With almost no ICU bed or oxygen-supported bed available in Anantapur district except for a few COVID Care Centre beds in the JNTU hostels, the Viswam Vignana Kendram in association with the United Teachers’ Federation and Kodigenahalli 1989 Alumni Association on May 1 invested about ₹2 lakh to set up a COVID Care Centre by taking proper permissions from the district administration.
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