Teenager launches live plasma donor portal
Teenager launches live plasma donor portal
BySalonee MistrySalonee Mistry / Updated: Apr 26, 2021, 06:00 IST
Adds feature to his site, a one-stop platform for
COVID queries
Seeing his grandmother and neighbours grapple with COVID-19 and the grave practical issues that arose with it, 15-yearold
Viraj Shah recently started
website Jeevan Raksha to create an all-in-one platform for every query and doubt related to the pandemic. The site on Saturday saw the launch of its live plasma donation feature that is updated every five minutes.
The teen from
Market Yard, who has always been encouraged by his father to give back to the society, has ensured that the site has every information one may need - from a list of Pune and Mumbai Hospitals, isolation-ward options, COVID centrets, information on masks, blood banks, health updates by the
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“We have started calling back our staff who had gone on vacation as we look at create additional space in our hospital for severe patients,” said Sujit Chatterjee, CEO of Hiranandani Hospital. The 250-bed hospital has 16 ICU beds and is now looking to convert some of its cath labs into ICU facilities.
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Hospitals across Mumbai are reopening their Covid-19 wards and creating new ICU beds in anticipation of the resurgence of cases that has gripped the city. Data from the BMC showed the city has over 20,000 beds available to take care of the mild patients. Of the total 1,534 oxygen and ventilator beds, 944 are occupied while there are 8,022 hospital beds that the BMC shows is available.
These 29 more private hospitals in Mumbai fulfil all criteria prescribed by Centre to be designated as Covid vaccination centres (CVC), an official statement read