Lending a helping hand to the State in its battle against the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in Karnataka, students there have come up with a novel idea! Waiting for their examinations, a group of them have started a free tele-clinic for people having Coronavirus symptoms.
The State Committee of the student organisation All India Democratic Students Organisation started this free tele-clinic, called Hello Doctor, the virus affected persons, from May 22.
Before launching this service, what the students group did was to rope in nearly 40 doctors and health experts for providing guidance. These doctors have agreed to work for free.
Having firmed that, 10 student volunteers across the State have started spreading the word about the tele-consultation. This was informed to the New Indian Express by Vinay Chandra, the State Secretariat Member and Bangalore District Treasurer of the student organisation.
Through the tele-consultation people will have access to guidance from experts for home isolation and primary treatment for Covid-19, along with counselling for those in distress.
At the beginning, there will be two sessions of one hour each from Monday to Saturday. The timings are from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. For the Sundays, there will be three sessions of again one hour each. The timings for these sessions are, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., 12 noon to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Following are the contact numbers for the people to contact for appointment. These 9164220387, 9035762866, 8951824630, 9538627750, 8880744437 and 9632127094.
In the State capital, Bengaluru, the Bangalore Student Community, a forum of more than 4,000 students has divided itself into several groups, with each working to help those in need of assistance concerning Covid-19. Besides this, they have an on-ground team with 100 members.
To tackle the rising black fungus cases, the team is collaborating with medical students for health checkups. Informing this, Dhruv Jatti, president, BSC added, that the team is exploring a tech intervention for the registration of vaccination.
People can reach them through the social media handles or on 7760161751.
