Reaching out to patients in backward areas

20-bed coronavirus facility set up by social activist in Makthal of Narayanpet district with own funds

As the coronavirus pandemic engulfs rural areas and the poor medical infrastructure unable to support the affected, a few social workers and NRIs are doing their bit to mitigate the problems. The old Mahabubnagar district, one of the most backward with poor medical infrastructure is seeing facilities created by individuals. Makthal, one of the most backward areas within old Mahabubanagar and now in Narayanpet district, has benefited with a 20-bed COVID facility created by Varkatam Jagannath Reddy through his VJR Prajasena Foundation along with government support. Mr. Reddy, who is active in Telangana Rashtra Samiti, said the COVID facility at the Government Hospital, Makthal, was created through his trust. While the government has arranged the beds, he has already donated two oxygen concentrators and medical monitors apart from medicines worth a couple of lakhs of rupees. He handed over the medical equipment to District Medical Officer Jaya Chandramohan in presence of the doctors.