JNU seeks alumni help to set up COVID care centre
The Hindu
It plans to upgrade its health centre
Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar on Wednesday asked its alumni to donate one day’s salary or larger amounts to the university for upgradation of its health centre to a COVID care centre. The Delhi High Court had asked the university to start a COVID care centre with availability of oxygen after the JNUSU and JNUTA approached it saying that the administration had not responded to proposals sent by them to start a facility after a number of students, teachers fell ill and needed such facilities. The Vice-Chancellor said that JNU makes an appeal to the alumni to contribute to “JNU Alumni Endowment Fund” and help their alma mater to achieve its objective to provide good healthcare to its students, staffers and faculty members during the COVID-19 pandemic.More Related News

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