Sisters from Chennai use Instagram handles to help with COVID resources
The Hindu
After their grandparents succumbed to COVID-19, two sisters decided to become sharers of verified and up-to-date critical-care resources
From their home in Chennai, Preethi Esther Emmanuel and Grace Priyadarshini Emmanuel are fighting the Coronavirus with verified and up-to-date medical information, which they share on their Instagram and Telegram handles — END COVID CHENNAI_THE EMMANUELS and END COVID SOUTH INDIA_ EMMANUELS. The sisters chose this work following the difficulty their own family faced in finding such information. At present, their posts are largely real-time information about availability of hospital beds and oxygen concentrators. Info relating to COVID Care Centres, helplines, pharmacies, doctors offering tele-consultation and those serving food to the quarantined is also shared.
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