Relief and Support Works during Covid Wave II in Tamilnadu

The wave II of Covid devastated the lives of everyone in terms of physical and mental health, livelihood and with all other concerns.

Like our works during the Covid Wave I in 2020, we are also doing many relief and support activities during this 2nd wave which stated as follows.

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1. WORD trained 100 volunteers in 50 villages as health resource people in their communities. They have been provided with pulse oxy meters, digital thermometers and other essential PPE aids. They are testing the common people in the villages, ensure the health and co-ordinate with the medical care, quarantine measures and treatments. We are also going to support to vulnerable families living in our working area and to the migrant families living in the migrant settlements in Namakkal District with the support of Freedom Fund. 
2. Conduct awareness programs for the public for Covid 19 immunisation. 
3. WORD set up a team of staff to offer phone based counselling and to address mental health issues for the Covid 19 infected/ vulnerable. The language would be in Tamil. 
4. WORD has partnered with Healthpix. Through which the staff, volunteers and the community members can make use of free online consultation with the expert doctors during this Covid 19 lockdown times. 
   
5. WORD is about to provide 20 hospital beds to 2 hospitals- one each in Coimbatore and Salem District with the support of Fullerton India Credit Company Limited to increase the covid 19 clinical care.