The second Covid wave caught India off guard. That was when
we realised how inadequate and ill-equipped our healthcare
system was in an emergency. Which is why what we started as
Covid Relief, we have decided to transform into The Health
Project.
The Health Project — for long-term change in the healthcarespace.
Need: Our frontline medical institutions — hospitals, Primary and Community Health Centers, nursing homes and clinics — need urgent infrastructural improvement and technology
enhancement.
Action: Seek healthcare institutions that need support, exercise
due diligence on the institution, assess their requirements.
Grant funds to provide them immediate relief — medical
supplies and equipment — and strengthening their
infrastructure for the long term by increasing their capacity,
whether it is adding ICU beds or providing the expensive
equipment like echocardiograms.
Impact: With the support of Citi Alumni, we have reached out to
117 healthcare institutions across India and addressed
infrastructure concerns of 71.
The pandemic has been one of the worst crises our nation has
gone through. Let us do our best to ensure that the lack of
primary healthcare facilities is never the reason an Indian has
to suffer.