Asha has been associated with Discovery Schools Academy Trust since the past 10 years through Asha supporter David Briggs who has been leading this team. This past decade has resulted in various school visits from the UK to Asha, resulting…
We are continuing to fight a battle with Covid; the crisis in the slums is devastating. Here is a link to a video recorded by Asha’s Founder and Director Dr Kiran Martin. This is her most recent update. We request…
Dr Kiran: “Hello friends, we have decided that we will reach out to as many other slums in the city as we can and help sick patients who have nowhere to go. Just as I imagined, our teams already began…
Dr Kiran: ”Here is a 32 year old male patient who is a known patient of Hypertension for the past one year. He tested positive for Covid and came to us with difficulty in breathing and uncontrolled hypertension. We immediately…
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Dr Kiran: ”Hello friends, here are some pictures from my visit to Kusumpur yesterday. Pushpa saved the life of a dying patient. There are many warriors all of whom are fighting Covid along with the Asha team. Lots of patients…
Dr Kiran: ”Today India has seen its highest ever official cases: 400,000 in the past 24 hours. There is a huge shortage of vaccines. They were to begin for all persons 18 and above, on May 1. However, in spite…
Dr Kiran: “Here’s an update on my visit to Chanderpuri slum community yesterday. The Warriors are doing a fabulous job of raising awareness and distributing masks to everyone. The entire community was mostly masked up and were observing Covid protocols…
Dr Kiran: “Asha has instituted a protocol for home treatment of covid patients with mild, moderate or severe disease. The situation with hospital beds and oxygen continues to be horrendous. We are treating severely ill patients with amazing success. I…
Rekha is a 40-year-old woman who resides in Asha’s Anna Nagar slum community. She had settled down here after marriage around 30 years ago. Tragedy struck when her husband died in a road accident 10 years ago. Rekha was left…
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Dr Kiran: ”Update from my visit to Anna Nagar today: So in Anna Nagar, I found that many were unmasked or were wearing dirty masks. I gave out some 3 ply surgical masks, and found that they were really happy…
