JAMMU, Dec. 13 -- J.Chadak, an army officer, was desperate when he could not find a bed with ventilator for his father during the deadly second Covid-19 peak. His father was critically ill with low SPO2. He was admitted in Government Medical College hospital in Jammu but no ventilator bed was available.
His was one of the many helpless stories of Covid patients landed up at hospitals that were already filled beyond their capacity. But unlike many others, Chadak was fortunate. He heard of a WhatsApp created helpline comprising several good Samaritans who pooled in their resources and networks to help those who needed it. He reached out to them.
Named 'SOS HELP 24x7', the WhatsApp Group e got a bed arranged finally at Psychiatry Hospital, J...