First crowd-funded COVID ward set up at Dharmavaram
The Hindu
It is the brainchild of Revenue Divisional Officer Madhusudhan
A crowd-funded 30-bed oxygen-supported COVID-19 ward became a reality at Dharmavaram on Saturday with Dharmavaram Revenue Divisional Officer G.R. Madhusudhan ensuring the project was accomplished in the shortest possible time at the Community Health Centre in the town. Mr. Madhusudhan first donated one month’s salary and then appealed to the general public to liberally donate for their own cause. As of Saturday morning, 36 donors generously responded pooling in ₹20.5 lakh and the first ward with 30 beds got ready at a cost of ₹11 lakh. The team is now immersed in expanding the facility to 50 beds in the next few days as the positivity rate is on the rise in the rural pockets.
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