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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.
Sikh Group Has Website Blocked in India, Uses WhatsApp to Donate Oxygen Amid COVID Spike
On 5/6/21 at 5:01 PM EDT
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to ravage the health care system in India, the government has welcomed oxygen supplies from several countries including the U.S., Britain and Germany as well as money from people of Indian descent around the world.
However, it seems India has turned away help from Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a U.S.-based Sikh separatist group. According to the Associated Press, the group said the Indian government blocked its COVID-19 relief website, oxygenfund.org. The site aimed to connect Indians who can t afford the high prices of oxygen with Sikhs in the U.S., Canada and other countries willing to donate money.