When India’s second wave of COVID-19 started surging last month, Atlanta-based Indian grocery delivery service Subziwalla sprang into action.
Subziwalla co-founders Sajal Rohatgi and Manav Thaker joined GPB’s Rickey Bevington virtually, both from New York, where they were working this week.
Rickey Bevington: Tell me, when did you both realize that what was happening in India was much bigger than maybe was being reported in the news? When did this all start for each of you?
Sajal Rohatgi: The immediate family, for me, started showing sort of infections and report around early April. That s when my uncle, he got infected. My aunt also got infected. And they went through hell in the ICU. They were admitted for almost 25 days. My uncle passed away, unfortunately, but my aunt made it. By mid-April, we had our team members, they started getting infected. We lost one of our team members as well around the same time. It just started unraveling really fast. Out of the 5
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Indiaâs large diaspora â long a boon to Indiaâs economy â is tapping its wealth, political clout and expertise to help its home country combat the catastrophic coronavirus surge that has left people to die outside overwhelmed hospitals.
Around the world, people of Indian descent are donating money, personally delivering desperately needed oxygen equipment and setting up telehealth consultations and information sessions in hopes of beating back the outbreak.
Two humanitarian groups in the U.S. led by people of Indian background raised more than $25 million in recent days to help the teetering health care system. Indian American doctors, hotel owners and other entrepreneurs, some responding to requests for help from Indian leaders, have pledged or donated millions more.
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India’s large diaspora long a boon to India’s economy is tapping its wealth, political clout and expertise to help its ancestral land combat the catastrophic coronavirus surge that has seen people dying outside overwhelmed hospitals.
Around the world, people of Indian descent are donating money, personally delivering desperately needed oxygen equipment and setting up telemedicine consultations and information sessions in hopes of beating back the outbreak.
Two humanitarian groups in the U.S. led by people of Indian heritage raised more than $25 million in recent days to help India’s teetering healthcare system. Indian American doctors, hotel owners and other entrepreneurs, some responding to requests for help from Indian leaders, have pledged or donated millions more.
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