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With them, the Medirattas campaign established a supply chain. By April 26, 224 units of oxygen concentrators had been placed. Over 100 units arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on May 1, and 140 oxygen concentrators were finally deployed at a field hospital within the city on May 4.
The GoFundMe campaign has raised $553,049. As of May 18, the funds helped order 574 units of oxygen concentrators for Delhi, 300 oxygen cylinders for Karnataka, a state in southwest India, and 40 ventilators for ICU units in Delhi. Another $120,000 was directly donated to Save Life.
On Tuesday morning, one of Rohit s colleagues sent an email to the Medirattas about how a family member in India, sent to the hospital, was able to use an oxygen concentrator that directly came from their fundraising efforts.
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The current wave of COVID-19 is nothing closer to what it was last year. It is aggressive and taking down elderly, young and children equally.
Shortage of beds, oxygen cylinders and medication has put India on spot as the epicentre of the pandemic. In this grim situation, NRIs Rohit Mediratta (42) and his wife Kanika (42) took the initiative of raising funds and arranging concentrators for India.
Kanika and Rohit, who have been living in Palo Alto, California, for the past eight years, got to know about the acute shortage of oxygen for patients while speaking to the latter’s brother who is a neurosurgeon at a prominent hospital in Delhi.
Mississippi, United States – Rayees Ahmed Mirza would advise his mother Najma, 55, in India’s southern city of Hyderabad to wear a mask and not venture out every time he spoke to her over the phone.
From his experience in the United States, the 35-year-old IT professional from Minnesota knew the COVID-19 pandemic in India was far from over.
On April 15, Mirza had just started work when his mobile phone started to ring continuously. He answered and heard the news he dreaded most.
His mother had tested positive for COVID-19, was having extreme difficulty in breathing, and her oxygen levels were dropping.