At least five volunteers from the Youth Red Cross, including four students, are making nearly 100 calls every day.
MANGALURU: With Dakshina Kannada reporting an average of 500 cases every day, the Covid war room at the Mangaluru City Corporation building is buzzing with activity.
At least five volunteers from the Youth Red Cross, including four students, are making nearly 100 calls every day, collecting patient details, noting down symptoms and at times even breaking the news that a person is Covid positive.
Kadija Hiba, an IBA student, from the School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, told TOI, “I have come to realise how hard the health department officials are working. It is easy to sit in our comfort zone and blame the frontline workers. This job demands that we remain calm and convince the patients not to panic. Some of the calls really shook me. A father of a 17-year-old boy being treated in the ICU is praying hard for his son’s recovery. On Sunday, when I called a patien