Bengaluru Resources
Image: BBMP flyer with various helplines and guidance
Steps for Bed Allotment (ICU/Ventilator/O2/general) in BLR:
1. Get BU number (How? http://bit.ly/covidBUnumber)
2. Call 1912 and register patient info (Important!)
3. Wait for bed allotment, follow up with your zone war room.
4. If emergency, call 108 or 112.
Even as you continue hunting for beds directly, PLEASE register with BBMP on 1912. Beds are almost full everywhere & BBMP is actively allotting. But there is a long waitlist, wait for allotment. Please don't skip 1912 registration!
Source: Twitter
“COVID19 patients needing medical intervention can walk in to their constituency triage centre without having to call 1912 or 108.”
“BBMP has set up #TriageCentres in every MLA Constituency & in #CovidCareCentres too. Those who need hospital/medical intervention can visit triage centre as walk-in patients. Upon observation, doctors will transfer the patients to required medical facility as deemed needed.” (link)
Figure: Page 1 of BBMP order
Figure: Page 2 of BBMP order
Figure: Page 3 of BBMP order
Find the BBMP triage center nearest to you by entering your address on this website.
Ambulance
Dial 108 for FREE 24/7 Ambulance Service by Government of Karnataka
Dial 08025483641 OR 98457 08752 for FREE 24/7 Ambulance Service by Jamiatul Ulama, Karnataka
This BBMP dashboard displays live numbers of Government Quota COVID-19 beds available in various government hospitals & medical colleges, private hospitals & medical colleges, and government COVID Care Centers.
State War Room for Medical Oxygen
“A war room has been created in the below mentioned address to facilitate the availability of medical oxygen in the state:
Office of the Drugs Controller, Annex Building, Palace Road, Bangalore - 01.
Landline: 080-2226-2846
Mobile: 94484-78874
All the stakeholders like hospitals/doctors/citizens are requested to avail the facility.”
Source: Twitter
A website with a goldmine of information for resources in Bengaluru.
Quick links:
Initiative by Ameen e Mudassar & team in Emergency Response Team (ERT), Bengaluru.
Join the #bangalore City channel and post your queries.
Live information on beds and plasma availability, updated every 15 minutes.
Contains hospital name, phone number, address, and availability of beds with/without oxygen, and with/without ventilators.
A live directory crowdsourced by many NGOs and volunteers, and coordinated by Karnataka Government.
Contains information on COVID helplines, test centers, oxygen cylinder suppliers, oxygen concentrator suppliers, tele-consultation services, medicine suppliers, food services, ambulance services, sanitizations services, burial & crematorium services, faulty/fake numbers.
“Directory for COVID-19 resources in Bengaluru. This is set up by volunteers in the COVID-19 task force under the Karnataka govt, has details of hospital beds, food, medicine, oxygen and plasma donors. It is updated by a team few times in a day.”
Source: Twitter
Crowdsourced spreadsheet with information on helplines, ambulances and oxygen, hospitals, quarantine hotels and COVID care centres and more.
Consolidated and verified by a group of student volunteers at BMSCE.
This tool generates a link to find relevant tweets on Twitter’s live feed for current information on resources.
Quick links for Bengaluru:
Telegram group: Trusted Q & A platform for citizens to discuss COVID19 related issues in Karnataka, India. All COVID related (KA state) answers will be provided here.
“A team of volunteers called #NammaTeam assists you in getting help from the govt and also provides direct help wherever possible. It's FREE and 24x7. Text on Telegram Messenger to reach them.”
Nimma COVID Helpline
Phone number: 080-37121144
Citizen-led initiative to provide guidance on services such as COVID19 testing, ambulance services, hospital bed allocation, plasma request, remdesivir injection, vaccination, cremation services and emotional counselling.
BNP Volunteer Group
Form: Link
Volunteer group that provides information on medicines, oxygen cylinders, hospital beds, meals and more.
Mercy Mission COVID-19 Hotlines
Mercy Mission is a group of 20+ NGO's working in different parts of Bangalore. (Twitter link)
1. Mercy Ambulance : 7676881882 (ambulances services to and from hospitals)
2. Mercy Oxygen : 08047191133 (medical oxygen for emergency and COVID19 post hospitalization therapy)
3. Mercy Booth : 8660856709 for testing, hospitalization support for needy)
4. Mercy Plasma : 08047191133, Press 2 (plasma support for COVID-19 patients)
5. Mercy Angels : 08047191134 (dignified last journey to burial/cremation Grounds)
Useful Twitter Accounts
MercyMissionIndia: A coalition of 25+ NGO's collaborating to deal with COVID-19 related emergencies.
WeAreBangalore: Seek and provide COVID-related assistance for the Bengaluru community.
peakbangalore: Retweets COVID resources requests.
oxygenblr: Verified information about oxygen supplies in Bangalore.
Bengaluru SOS: SOS Task Force - Bengaluru Twitter account connecting the needy during #COVID19 pandemic across India. Please Tag us and use #BengaluruSOS hashtag.
Useful Instagram Accounts
Bangalore COVID Resources: “Here's a comprehensive guide containing a list of resources for all requirements that one might have while testing positive for COVID 19. For more information or queries, please reach out to us via DM!”
This tool enables you to view availability of beds, ventilators and other critical COVID infrastructure on a map so you can find one close to you.
Twitter: @covid_map_india
“Launching the covid helpline bot by CMKR @_kanakapuraroad to help ppl in n around kanakapura road with beds, ambulance, medicine, o2, crematoriums, etc. The *SOS help* is an emergency service, just drop a message and our volunteers will reach back to u.”
Source: Twitter
3:53 minutes video by journalist Dhanya Rajendran on the steps to get a bed for a COVID19 patient in Bangalore.
Oxygen Centers in Bangalore (Free Service)
Free Oxygen Concentrators
“Give a missed call to 080-68065385, and Mission HO2PE team will assist & concentrator will be delivered to the patient’s doorstep.”
Source: Twitter
Vasavi Transit O2 Facilitation Center
Address: No. 4, 3rd Floor, Vasavi Mahal (Rear Entrance), Vanivilas Road, VV Puram, Basavanagudi, Bangalore
Helplines: 6360849669, 08035091631
“24x7 bridging facility to help COVID19 patients in urgent need of COVID care and oxygen who are waiting for a hospital bed. Only for patients with falling oxygen saturation between 80-94%, awaiting a hospital bed.
