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Bengaluru-based doc invited to help UK manage corona crisis
An MBBS graduate from Bangalore Medical College, she went to the UK in 2002 for her post-graduate degree and has lived there for 15 years.
Bengaluru :
A Bengaluru-based doctor is getting ready to leave for the UK after the government of that country gave a call for doctors to help the nation manage the COVID crisis and also sent a personal email to her. Dr Roopa Venkatesh, who has a UK residence permit and the licence to practice as a general practitioner there, is making plans to leave for the UK with her 13-year-old son Skanda, who wants to work there as a volunteer.
The Regional Passport Office is viewing this as a special case and is renewing her passport in a very short period. She will travel via any of the special flights that the UK government is organising. Roopa has been living in Bengaluru since July 2016 and has plans to open her own clinic. She lives in Rajarajeshwari Nagar with her husband Venkatesh, also a doctor with a license to practise in the UK. The couple has another son who is eight years old and a three-year-old daughter.
An MBBS graduate from Bangalore Medical College, she went to the UK in 2002 for her post-graduate degree and has lived there for 15 years. “With my years of experience as a frontline staffer in UK hospitals, I really think I can contribute much right now. So I have taken this tough decision to leave. I will not be recklessly risking myself though.
There is a huge demand for experienced staff on the teleconsultation front too and I have decided to opt for that role. It will not involve face to face meeting with patients,” Dr Roopa told The New Indian Express.
She has treated countless swine flu patients as well as victims of chemical warfare during the Iran-Iraq war in the UK. The UK wants her to work there until September at least.
Regional Passport Officer Bharat Kumar Kuthati said, “Her passport was to expire in July. She submitted her completed application on Monday. Though we are not dealing with public requests, we are doing it for her as a special case bearing in mind the emergency involved in her trip. It will be given to her in a day or two.”
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by S Lalitha / Express News Service / May 01st, 2020
Spreading smiles with food, funds
Two aspirational city-based businessmen have decided to help migrant workers and the urban poor with freshly cooked food, dry ration and preventive body gear like masks, PPEs and gloves
Bengaluru :
Two aspirational city-based businessmen have decided to help migrant workers and the urban poor with freshly cooked food, dry ration and preventive body gear like masks, PPEs and gloves. The two Nikhils – Nikhil Kamath (33), the co-founder and chief information officer of Zerodha – a city-based financial service company and Nikhil Hegde (36), owner of ‘Smally’s Café’ – a popular chain of restaurants – have been distributing 15,000 food packets daily to migrant workers and slum dwellers in Bengaluru.
Last month, through Zerodha Kamath set aside a corpus of `25 crore towards relief and aid through corporate social responsibility and in his personal capacity. “We have donated part of the money to the Prime Minister’s CARE Fund, the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund and the remaining funds have been put to use in providing free meals through Smally’s Café and medical kits,” said Kamath.
“We decided to contribute in the Action COVID-19 Team (ACT) fund set up by the central government. We try to provide medical equipment wherever there is a shortfall in BBMP hospitals,” he added.
“We had invested in Smally’s Café and when the call came, we decided to partner with Hegde in supplying free meals,” said Kamath. Hegde, who runs four outlets of Smally’s in Bengaluru put his staff to use in sourcing, cooking, packaging and distributing food packets. With him came his friends and well wishers, who have been volunteering with him.
We got support from the area corporators for logistics in terms of a place to store and cook large scale meals. We buy 15 to 20 tonnes of fruits every week from farmers and distribute them with the meals,” said Hegde. They now have people across Bengaluru volunteering with them to ensure that the food reaches people on time. “We distribute food to people from Talghattapura to Hegde Nagar and Thanisandra. The need is humongous,” he added. Theywill continue with free meals supply until the lockdown, the two said.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by Bala Chauhand / Express News Service / April 25th, 2020