Kiwi-Indian community rallies to send medical help to Covid ravaged India
Friday, May 7, 2021
Sandeep Singh
New Zealand’s Indian community has rallied together to organise and send urgent medical relief in the form of much required Oxygen Concentrator to India.
In a rare display of quick thinking and swift action, more than 15 diaspora organisations have come together under the leadership of the Indian High Commissioner to NZ Muktesh Pardeshi and the able guidance on the ground of Hon Consul of India in Auckland Bhav Dhillon to generate $150,000 and despatch the first container of 72 Oxygen Concentrator to India.
The relief consignment was despatched from Auckland airport on Tuesday, May 4, and had reached New Delhi on Thursday, May 6, where it would be handed over to India’s Red Cross Society, which would deploy it further as per medical emergency.