Following death of more than 60 children between August 7 to August 11 at Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College and Hospital, a 15-year old girl has launched a not-for-profit organisation 'OXYGEN GORAKHPUR' to raise awareness and prevent such unfortunate loss.
The organisation, launched by Khushi Chandra, aims to enrich the lives of those suffering from any medical condition and promises to provide security and continuous supply of oxygen to hospitals across Gorakhpur by delivering oxygen cylinders to meet the sufficient requirements of any hospital.
The future ambition of OXYGEN is to introduce 'Oxygen' delivery services by allocating Oxygen provision vans.
By instilling a sense of security and citizenship in both the young and old alike, the organization intends to send an affirmative and poignant message to citizens that not only their health, but the lives are a prime concern of their neighbours and community members.
The 'OXYGEN GORAKHPUR' also aims to serve and protect the youth, by demonstrating, encouragement and communicating values of relief, and finally to empower fellow citizens to take action and change the world around them.
Chandra said, "This tragedy was something that could have been prevented. No child can be denied the right to life. This is very personal for me as it happened right at my doorstep in my home-town, Gorakhpur. Therefore, as an accountable citizen of my city and my country, I feel responsible towards ensuring such tragedies do not happen again."
More From This Section
"India spends less than 1 percent of its GDP on public health and I deeply feel that protecting lives should also be a human responsibility. Under my humble means, I seek support from other likeminded citizens to join hands to ensure that oxygen never runs out in our hospital," she added.
She further urged people to donate oxygen cylinders, any funds and for that matter even a tweet - to www.oxygkp.com.