COVID-19: Chennai NGO arranges free oxygen, hospital drop facility through innovative auto rickshaw service

Offering 24/7 free medical oxygen service using four autos over the last three weeks, the service has touched the lives of many families spread across Chennai city.

An overburdened medical infrastructure hit hard by COVID-19 brings with it many insurmountable issues - shortage of beds, delay in hospitalization, timely ambulance services being affected.  All of this takes a toll on the morale of patients and their families who are under home quarantine, hoping for the best.  But, in the unfortunate event of dropping Sp02 (blood oxygen saturation) levels, things get even troublesome, with patients having to rush to overcrowded hospitals, make frantic calls for oxygen, scrambling for a taxi or an ambulance etc.