As the number of corona positive cases in Tamil Nadu is increasing day by day, the Government of Tamil Nadu is taking various measures to prevent corona infection amongst the public.
Meanwhile, a Chennai based NGO has started an ambulance service by fitting oxygen cylinders in autos to help people affected by corona. This service has been very well received by the general public in North Chennai. The coronavirus pandemic has affected the public in various ways. They have started this service with the intention that this situation should not become worse in Tamil Nadu especially in North Chennai.
Since its inception, they have provided emergency assistance to 160 patients. Graduate students have been enthusiastically involved in this service ever since. If the public contacts the number they have given as an emergency hotline, their volunteers rush to the scene in the next few minutes and deliver the oxygen fitted to the auto to the hospital in a timely manner.
Vasantha Kumar, an engineering student involved in the service, said, “we are not fully aware of the medical procedures. We are engineering students. But, we have the knowledge of how to do first aid to some extent. We are operating on that basis.”
“If two or three people are contacted at the same time in an emergency, we know who is there and take them to the hospital first,” he added.
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