COVID Pandemic
Jammu and Kashmir Group of youngsters helping people needing blood since COVID-19
Srinagar: A group of youngsters from Jammu and Kashmir are volunteering in saving precious lives across the union territory by managing blood for patients in need ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Valley.
It all started in 2020 when people were frightened and panicking about the fast spread of the Covid virus. Nearly a dozen youths from different districts of Jammu and Kashmir then decided to assist the people in need, reports Times Now.
"The people were quite upset and distressed as hardly a few were able to get the much-needed oxygen concentrators for their virus affected beloved," Adnan Fayaz Dar, one of the founders of SOS Emergency group, from North Kashmir's Sopore area in Baramulla district, told the news channel.
Adnan along with his couple of friends decided to assist the poor and needy patients amid the chaotic situation and thus spread wings to save precious lives every day in Jammu and Kashmir.
The SOS group, presently having over 1000 members from different districts, is donating 10 blood pints every day to save precious lives, Adnan said, adding that the volunteers and the blood donors are increasing almost every day.
Interestingly, the volunteers include both males and females. Adnan said that over 100 members are females, who have been at the forefront in the past two years to save lives by donating blood and ensuring other assistance to needy people.
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