Rajasthan: NSUI, ABVP lend support to needy amid Covid surge

JAIPUR: In times of crisis, student political parties are coming forward to provide help to the citizens. Two major students’ parties in the state — National Student Union of India (NSUI) and Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) — have started their helpline centres, where they are getting more than 100 calls everyday from people.
Surbhi Sharma from Jaipur was in a desperate need of a ventilator for her mother. After calling everywhere she made a call to the NSUI help centre. “I called up on April 22 and 23 and my mother got admitted. Everyone was very helpful and their prompt response helped us. However, my mother died on April 27 as her condition was critical,” said Sharma.
Another patient Dalchand from a village in Karauli had no idea from where he must get a bed in Jaipur when his condition worsened due to Covid. He called up the NSUI helpline and within a day, a bed was arranged at RUHS. NSUI spokesperson Ramesh Bhati said, “We set up our helpline which is active 24 hours. We are getting calls at 3am. We have even provided our personal numbers on social media. There is a need to reach out to people at this time and we are doing it.”
Similarly, ABVP has been continuously creating awareness among people by going door-to-door for filling up of forms for vaccination. Blood donation camps were organised multiple times by the ABVP to help with the blood shortage in the city.
Hushyaar Meena, state president of ABVP said, “We are getting calls enquiring about the number of beds available in the hospitals. So, we get the list from internet and provide it to them. Many people are making calls for plasma donation. Till now, we have donated plasma to14 people. We ask them to fill up a form and provide them information about the relevant doctor that will help them. Our Twitter handle is filled with calls for help, to which we reply promptly.”