ICAS Deputy President Indy Hothi CA says his work at Khalsa Aid International is just one example of how accountants can use their skills to support their chosen causes.
Gurudwara Singh Sabha provides Oxygen concentrators to Covid patients in Kochi
The second wave of Covid has caused a massive shortage of oxygen beds in hospitals across the county.
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KOCHI: Kochi-based Gurudwara Singh Sabha associated with Khalsa Aid International,a UK based non-profit humanitarian organisation, will provide oxygen concentrators to those in need.The second wave of Covid has caused a massive shortage of oxygen beds in hospitals across the county. Health centres across India are struggling to cope with large number of new cases. Due to which several patients in critical condition are being turned away, many dying at home without access to medical help.
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With more than 66% of Syracuse University students fully vaccinated, SU is rapidly approaching the time when every member of our community will be better protected from COVID-19. This is not the reality for some other places around the world.
Now that so many students, faculty and staff are vaccinated due to high vaccine availability in New York state, it’s time we focus on other nations that don’t have the same resources and infrastructure the U.S. does.
Not every government is able to achieve national vaccine accessibility. India’s medical infrastructure is in critical condition. Vaccine distribution is moving slowly in India, and only 3% of the population is fully vaccinated. Hospitals are running out of beds and oxygen. The increasing death toll forces families of the deceased to change cremation rituals, a tradition important to Indians that practice Hinduism.
“YVR Screen Scene For India is a show of support and a call to action,” said Furminger, who is the host of the YVR Screen Scene Podcast. “I have a lot of family in Mumbai and Delhi. These last few weeks – with every headline about overcrowded hospitals, oxygen shortages, and over- inundated crematoriums, as well as frantic messages in the family WhatsApp group – have left me feeling so powerless. I know I’m not alone in that.
“And so I decided to take that feeling and channel it into doing some good. I reached out to my favourite local South Asian Canadian actors and invited them to participate in the live video event with yours truly – kind of like