Pratik donates to procure oxygen concentrators
At a time when Covid-19 positive patients and their families are battling with the lack of oxygen cylinders, Pratik Gandhi made a small contribution to a fundraiser by We The People Foundation. He has extended a helping hand to raise funds to procure oxygen concentrators for government run hospitals in Banaskantha district of Gujarat and setup a community-owned oxygen plant in the region.
Talking about it, he says, “There is a start-up which is run by Shruti Chaturvedi. She got in touch with me and told me to help them amplify their initiatives on social media. That’s how we started getting a lot of verified information about medicines and oxygen supply and thus, made them available in different cities. This is how I came aboard this initiative called Oxygen For Gujarat.”
The Scam 1992 actor shares that he has also been helping people around him during the on-going crisis. “I wanted to help those suffering and do my bit by amplifying information and requests related to Covid-19,” he says.
Gandhi is quick to point out that verifying every bit of information posted by him on social media is “impossible” but he has reached out to a group of people who are helping him. “I’m in touch with a few teams who are taking the effort in verifying information. I make sure that any information that I put out is triple-checked because I don’t want to miss out on something crucial,” he remarks.