In these times of lockdown when all the medical resources are concentrating on combating the coronavirus pandemic, the non-Covid patients are the ones getting impacted the most. In order to help covid-19 patients get connected with the right doctor, get medicines and/or avail counselling, a group of IT professionals have come together to launch a medical helpline.
Unveiled at the start of April, the free medical helpline number, 040-48214595, is being run by 400-plus volunteers out of which 150 are IT professionals working at the call centre. The remaining are on-field volunteers who help people in need for ambulances, medicines, blood bank or any other kind of medical emergency.