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Boston Cares for India
Dear Reader,
We are a group of Indian Origin resident physicians across various Boston hospitals working to raise funds to send supplies and sustainable support to our colleagues working in rural hospitals across India. The second wave of the COVID 19 Pandemic continues to have devastating consequences across the country, and hospitals and healthcare workers- particularly in rural areas- are overwhelmed and overburdened by an increasing number of cases and deaths. It is estimated that there are likely to be over 1 million Indian deaths due to COVID and over 100,000 children orphaned by the end of 2021.
Together, we can fight this COVID wave, and we request your support in raising money to support the relief efforts. The funds being raised by the Maharashtra Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization in the USA, will be routed directly to multiple vetted organizations in India working directly with COVID relief we have been closely associated with.
All funds will directly be used to procure oxygen concentrators, PPE, telemedicine, training, and support to healthcare workers on the ground. We have been actively helping these organisation transition to post-COVID care activities as well as prepare for the next wave by
- Setting up a Village based Oxygen saturation monitoring systems by providing necessary training and equipment to village volunteers and also equipping them with oxygen concentrators
- Providing nutrition and education to children who have lost one or both parents to the COVID pandemic.
- setting up vaccination clinics
At this time, we ask that you donate generously to our cause. If you are unable to donate, please share our link with your loved ones and help us spread the word.
We are all deeply invested in bettering the health of India, and along the way, we will do our best to provide you with updates on what your donations help accomplish. Thank you in the true sense of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is one family). We hope you and your loved ones are also safe at this time.
Your donations are tax-deductible. Information on how to access your donor receipt: https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001977948-Requesting-a-Receipt
Information about Maharashtra Foundation Inc. can be found here:
https://www.maharashtrafoundation.org/
Information about our local collaborators can be found here
https://sochara.org/
https://rcb1934.in/
ABOUT OUR TEAM:
Janani Sundaresan: Janani is a pediatric resident at Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical center with an interest in global health and health advocacy. She has spent time conducting global health and clinical research as a Rotary Global Grant Scholar and as a Masters student in the Health and International Development program at The London School of Economics and Political Science in North and South India prior to residency.
Neha Limaye: Neha is a resident in internal medicine and pediatrics at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center, and is completing a residency in Global Health Equity and finishing her Masters in Public Health at Harvard T Chan. She has worked with a community organization in Rajasthan, India for the past 10 years, and has worked on global health research and care delivery in India and Latin America through the Fogarty Fellowship and now during her residency and Master's programs.
Supriya Sarvode: Supriya is a pediatric resident at Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical center with a special interest in pediatric oncology and global health. She completed her medical training in India before moving to Boston. She has worked in the rural and tribal areas of Gujarat and Karnataka as part of her training and works in close collaboration with several NGOs in India.
Carl Britto: Carl is a pediatric resident at Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical center on the integrated research pathway with an interest in pediatric infection and immunity. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. He completed medical training at St. John's Medical College in Bangalore, India, and has also worked in rural as well as community-based health initiatives and been involved in research studies in Karnataka, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Kashmir, and Tamil Nadu.
Sitarah Mathias : Sitarah is a medical graduate from India with a keen interest in public health and academic and clinical pediatrics. She spent the last 2 years working in a rural community hospital in Malur (Karnataka), India, where, in addition to clinical work in the ED/wards, she has overseen and organized community health camps, health education campaigns, and occupational health programs in the surrounding villages. She worked on the rural frontlines during both COVID-19 waves in India, right up until early May '21, and has the first-hand experience of battling this pandemic in resource-constrained settings. In addition to her work in Malur, she has been involved in several rural outreach health efforts in Chattarpur (Madhya Pradesh), Mugalur and Chikmagalur (Karnataka).
Suraj Sarvode Mothi is a Boston-based Biostatistician with a Master's in Public health from Boston University. He has several years of experience undertaking clinical and translational research at Massachusetts General Brigham Hospitals. Before moving to Boston from India, he was engaged in field-based public health research in pediatric HIV, rural sanitation, etc., in the south of India.
We are a group of Indian Origin resident physicians across various Boston hospitals working to raise funds to send supplies and sustainable support to our colleagues working in rural hospitals across India. The second wave of the COVID 19 Pandemic continues to have devastating consequences across the country, and hospitals and healthcare workers- particularly in rural areas- are overwhelmed and overburdened by an increasing number of cases and deaths. It is estimated that there are likely to be over 1 million Indian deaths due to COVID and over 100,000 children orphaned by the end of 2021.
Together, we can fight this COVID wave, and we request your support in raising money to support the relief efforts. The funds being raised by the Maharashtra Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization in the USA, will be routed directly to multiple vetted organizations in India working directly with COVID relief we have been closely associated with.
All funds will directly be used to procure oxygen concentrators, PPE, telemedicine, training, and support to healthcare workers on the ground. We have been actively helping these organisation transition to post-COVID care activities as well as prepare for the next wave by
- Setting up a Village based Oxygen saturation monitoring systems by providing necessary training and equipment to village volunteers and also equipping them with oxygen concentrators
- Providing nutrition and education to children who have lost one or both parents to the COVID pandemic.
- setting up vaccination clinics
At this time, we ask that you donate generously to our cause. If you are unable to donate, please share our link with your loved ones and help us spread the word.
We are all deeply invested in bettering the health of India, and along the way, we will do our best to provide you with updates on what your donations help accomplish. Thank you in the true sense of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is one family). We hope you and your loved ones are also safe at this time.
Your donations are tax-deductible. Information on how to access your donor receipt: https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001977948-Requesting-a-Receipt
Information about Maharashtra Foundation Inc. can be found here:
https://www.maharashtrafoundation.org/
Information about our local collaborators can be found here
https://sochara.org/
https://rcb1934.in/
ABOUT OUR TEAM:
Janani Sundaresan: Janani is a pediatric resident at Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical center with an interest in global health and health advocacy. She has spent time conducting global health and clinical research as a Rotary Global Grant Scholar and as a Masters student in the Health and International Development program at The London School of Economics and Political Science in North and South India prior to residency.
Neha Limaye: Neha is a resident in internal medicine and pediatrics at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center, and is completing a residency in Global Health Equity and finishing her Masters in Public Health at Harvard T Chan. She has worked with a community organization in Rajasthan, India for the past 10 years, and has worked on global health research and care delivery in India and Latin America through the Fogarty Fellowship and now during her residency and Master's programs.
Supriya Sarvode: Supriya is a pediatric resident at Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical center with a special interest in pediatric oncology and global health. She completed her medical training in India before moving to Boston. She has worked in the rural and tribal areas of Gujarat and Karnataka as part of her training and works in close collaboration with several NGOs in India.
Carl Britto: Carl is a pediatric resident at Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical center on the integrated research pathway with an interest in pediatric infection and immunity. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. He completed medical training at St. John's Medical College in Bangalore, India, and has also worked in rural as well as community-based health initiatives and been involved in research studies in Karnataka, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Kashmir, and Tamil Nadu.
Sitarah Mathias : Sitarah is a medical graduate from India with a keen interest in public health and academic and clinical pediatrics. She spent the last 2 years working in a rural community hospital in Malur (Karnataka), India, where, in addition to clinical work in the ED/wards, she has overseen and organized community health camps, health education campaigns, and occupational health programs in the surrounding villages. She worked on the rural frontlines during both COVID-19 waves in India, right up until early May '21, and has the first-hand experience of battling this pandemic in resource-constrained settings. In addition to her work in Malur, she has been involved in several rural outreach health efforts in Chattarpur (Madhya Pradesh), Mugalur and Chikmagalur (Karnataka).
Suraj Sarvode Mothi is a Boston-based Biostatistician with a Master's in Public health from Boston University. He has several years of experience undertaking clinical and translational research at Massachusetts General Brigham Hospitals. Before moving to Boston from India, he was engaged in field-based public health research in pediatric HIV, rural sanitation, etc., in the south of India.
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