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Chennai's COVID-19 foot soldiers: How one intiative is organising hundreds of volunteers


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May 07, 2021 19:46 IST
A single group is bringing together hundreds of Chennaiites to provide patient support, with some even leaving their jobs to help out full-time
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A single group is bringing together hundreds of Chennaiites to provide patient support, with some even leaving their jobs to help out full-time
Hospitals are ground zero in the war against COVID-19. Like any other war, this one needs troops aplenty not only doctors, nurses and others with medical prowess, but also patient and kind souls to guide and coordinate with the teeming masses that flock to them in fear.
For instance, “At Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital where we volunteer, we once noticed that student doctors were filling out ICMR forms for patients. Their training could be used in more important tasks, so we took up this one to free their valuable time,” says Jai Krishnan MS, project coordinator of one of Chennai’s largest COVID-19 volu ....

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What was the methodology used?


The sampling design adopted was multi-stage systematic random sampling.
The findings presented here are from post-poll surveys conducted in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal by the Lokniti programme of CSDS, Delhi.
The surveys were conducted from March 28 to April 21 in Assam, April 7 to April 13 in Kerala, April 7 to April 20 in Tamil Nadu, and March 28 to May 1 in West Bengal.
In Assam, the survey was conducted among 3,490 voters at 140 polling stations spread across 35 Assembly constituencies; in Kerala, among 3,424 voters at 140 polling stations of 35 Assembly constituencies; in Tamil Nadu, among 4,354 voters at 160 polling stations in 40 Assembly constituencies; and in West Bengal, among 4,223 voters at 200 polling stations spread across 50 Assembly constituencies. ....

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Corporation to hire more volunteers


Corporation to hire more volunteers
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They will aid home isolation patients
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They will aid home isolation patients
The Greater Chennai Corporation will soon be hiring and expanding its team of virtual volunteers to help COVID-19 patients under home isolation.
Corporation Joint Commissioner (Health) Alby John Varghese said around 22,000 persons, who were under home isolation in the 15 zones of the city, will get assistance by means of this initiative. The volunteers will establish personal contact with the patients, ring them up on a daily basis to provide them with medical and psychological assistance during home isolation.
“We are hiring 100 virtual volunteers. They will start work from Thursday. The persons under home isolation will be contacted on a daily basis. Whenever there is an issue the patients can call us back also. The virtual volunteers will be tied up with our tele-counselling centre,” Dr. Varghese s ....

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