To get Covid Tests done at Home

 Disclaimer: This is a compilation of information shared by other people. I have not personally verified any of these. But if you have verified/used any of these numbers, please let me know, I can mark them as "Verified". Some of this is Bangalore-based, but some of the labs have branches elsewhere in India. 

List of Private Paid Testing Centres in Bangalore: https://covidhelplinebangalore.com/list-of-paid-private-covid-19-testing-centres-in-bangalore/

Portea: WhatsApp 97405-08291 (Sushma) (Verified)

Balakrishna Eurofins (friend says quick response):  98440 55677

Apollo Labs across locations: https://www.apollo247.com/lab-tests

Orange Health: https://www.orangehealth.in

Medall: https://medall.in/

Elbit Diagnostics: https://www.elbitdiagnostics.net/bangalore/

Aarthi Scans: https://aarthiscan.com/

1MG: https://www.1mg.com/coronavirus-covid19

Request: If you/someone you know has used a resource not listed here, and were happy with it, please add it in the Comments below. Thanks!

To Rent/Buy Oxygen Concentrators & Cylinders

Disclaimer: This is a compilation of information shared by other people. I have not personally verified any of these. But if you have verified/used any of these numbers, please let me know, I can mark them as "Verified". Most numbers are for Bangalore.

FIRSTLY: Please make sure you have a Pulse Oxymeter to check oxygen saturation many times a day. This is a small device with a slot to keep your finger in, and it will read your oxygen levels and pulse rate. Available in all medical shops. Around 3000-4000 rupees usually. 

WARNING: A doctor will recommend a concentrator if you oxygen falls below 92 usually. Please use this ONLY after a doctor consultation. You need to know how to operate/how much oxygen to give - it can prove fatal otherwise. People who install it will usually give you details. But first consult a doctor. 

DELHI

Verified: Please call 18001210406 to register your request for oxygen. They will gather some details about the patient and his/her condition and will help out getting oxygen cylinder. The oxygen is given free, though they charge a 100% refundable amount (INR 18000)

Verified: For Delhi, NCR: Rahul Pareekh, Excellent Air Products: +91 99714 - 94587

Free Oxygen Gurgaon (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/p/CODEsWYDXne/?igshid=zsmipsm2bvvj

BANGALORE & ALL INDIA

Kumar Ambulance (used by a neighbour): 99006 49016

Mr Ganesh: 9686198986, 9686196643 "Verified at 6 p.m. 23rd April" (forward)

Covid Resources across India: https://external.sprinklr.com/insights/explorer/dashboard/601b9e214c7a6b689d76f493/tab/5?id=DASHBOARD_601b9e214c7a6b689d76f493

Prakash Oxygen Cylinder:  87223 02754 (will deliver and show how to operate) (Rs 8000 + ₹1000 for nasal cannula and regulator + ₹1000 for trolley + 1500 for transportation + 18% GST)

Portea: WhatsApp 97405 08291 (Sushma)

Oxygen BLR: https://oxygenblr.in/

Covid Resources Instagram (across cities): onestopforcovid (https://www.instagram.com/p/CN0HuqAhnRG)

Covid Support for Bangalore, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/covidbangalore.support/

CovRelief Oxygen Availability (across cities): https://covidrelief.glideapp.io

India Covid Resources (across cities): https://indiacovidresources.in/full

Bangalore Cares: https://www.resources.blcares.in/helplines

Covid Help on Twitter: You can post your request here and they share the message/people will reply. Please help by re-tweeting too. 

https://twitter.com/WeAreBangalore

Ashok: 97402 63463

Srinivas:  97396 89991, 96633 05474, 73380 62957

(Name unknown): 99643 13244 

Oxygen vendors for Bangalore (Forwarded)

Contacts

1. Drug Controller Helpline 24x7: 8951755722

2. Ganesh: 9686198986

3. Manoj: 9892356727

4. Ramesh: 9844276111

5. Srikanth V: 8861572742

6. Contact: Universal Air Products

Subhashish Guha Roy: 9845063119

7. Company Name: Peenya Industrial Gases Pvt. Ltd.

Name: Ramesh: 9686196642

8. Contact: Amogh Gases Pvt. Ltd.

R. Mohan Kumar: 9448483854

9. Contact: Bhuruka Gases Pvt. Ltd.

Mahesh: 7760976502

10. Contact: Eureka Gases

Manjunath: 9035588758 , 9535509423

11. Contact: Galaxy Air Products

R Tothumuthu: 9448821347, 8867715015

12. Contact: Inox Air Products

Kiran Radu: 9980099440

13. Contact: Lindie India Ltd.

Macmiller: 9944948580

14. Contact: Pai Industrial and Medical Gases

Ravi Pai: 9845063166

15. Contact: Southern Gas (Peenya)

Sadanand  Pai: 9845543677

16. Contact: Spec & Cal Gases Pvt Ltd

K Manoharan: 9769577885

17. Contact: Universal Air Products

Raja shekar: 9900562307, 98450 63119

18. Siga Gases India (P) Ltd

Mr. Devaraja: 93410 45631

19. Siga Gases & Dry Ice: 080 2241 4271

20. Jana Sewa

84473 90017

9814145420

21. Vinayaka/Aditya  (KP Road): 9900083966

22. Unity Gas (Mysure Road): Pawan Muthu: 9448821347

23. Pai Air Products (Mysure Road)    

Ravi Pai: 98450 63166

24/7 Helpline For Oxygen And Remdesivir In Karnataka

 First shift Between 6 am And 3 am 

Name Of Officers Phone Number

Yashoda SV +91-94491-96029

Chandra Prabha K +91-96119-76682

Tejaswini C +91-8217507288

Lata KB +91-99644-87492

Name Of Staff Phone Number

Hemavati G +91-99160-59429

Vani S +91-98451-30048

Chudamani +91-94807-74708

Padma JT +91-99869-99362

R Sunitha Kumari +91-95350-36811

Nirmala Devi S +91-9448-386453

Shwetha S +91-90368-26616

Suvarna JJ +91-94494-89871

Vijaya K +91-99458-28585

Divya Jyothi +91-95359-10979

 Second Shift Between 2 pm and 10 pm 

Name Of Officers Phone Number

Dr Vinod S Kamble +91-88842-52200

Renuka Swamy HM +91-94490-48659

Name Of Staff Phone Number

Krishnoji Rao T +91-99861-97671

Naresh A +91-90609-96880

Arun Kumar R +91-94493-75968

Muniraju V +91-9900-262599

Venkateshappa +91-99458-31452

Abhishek Shrimantha Majjagi +91-98864-64251

Jayanth Patil KR +91-78923-38306

Harshavardhan +91-95385-38118

H Manjunath +91-99452-11810

Night Shift Between 10 pm And 6 am 

Name Of Officers Phone Number

C Lingaraju +91-98800-37351

Prasanna Kumar SR +91-94800-92899

Name Of Staff Phone Number

Yashavantha Kumar +91-94482-17697

Manjunatha +91-94809-17985

K Shivalingaiah +91-98446-42938

Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy +91-94485-11903

Kiran S +91-99160-86183

J Vijaya +91-91640-25718

Ashok KR +91-93459-43872

Also see Covid General Helplines below. 

Tips from a neighbour who has used it for a family member: 

"U need the personal masks .
-A plug for connecting the concentrator and u r good to go.
 there is valve to set the needed oxygen (1-6 ltr) max.
Keep oxymeter nearby so that u can keep checking oxygen level. 
-Keep eye on the water filled bottle. Need to refill it as soon as water is at the min level.

The oxygen concentrators are not very useful if the oxygen levels are below 80-82. So if levels are below 80-82 , doc advises to get admitted. Anything above patient can manage with deep breathing and concentrators."

Request: If you/someone you know has used a resource not listed here, and were happy with it, please add it in the Comments below. Thanks!

Covid General Helplines

Disclaimer: This is a compilation of information shared by other people. I have not personally verified any of these. 

Fact Checker Verified Helplines (across India): https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/factchecker-verified-covid-19-helplines-remdesivir-hospital-beds-oxygen-743175

Covid Resources for All Needs, including Plasma: https://external.sprinklr.com/insights/explorer/dashboard/601b9e214c7a6b689d76f493/tab/5?id=DASHBOARD_601b9e214c7a6b689d76f493

Covid Resources across India: https://external.sprinklr.com/insights/explorer/dashboard/601b9e214c7a6b689d76f493/tab/5?id=DASHBOARD_601b9e214c7a6b689d76f493

Covid Resources Instagram (across cities): onestopforcovid (https://www.instagram.com/p/CN0HuqAhnRG)

Covid Support for Bangalore, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/covidbangalore.support/

Covid Support Guide, Instagram (across cities): https://www.instagram.com/covidsupportguide/

Covid Help on Twitter: You can post your request here and they share the message/people will reply. Please help by re-tweeting too. 

https://twitter.com/WeAreBangalore

Covid Helpline Bangalore: https://covidhelplinebangalore.com/

Bed Availability

BBMP Hospital Bed Availability: https://bbmpgov.com/chbms/?fbclid=IwAR1_7UXhGRaXShDXLmIGlVGI7IE5j39QqxmM4KUfhlG-7xzPNTeWbmvzZz0

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vS-ipQLaCHZ8id4t4_NHf1FM4vQmBGQrGHAPFzNzJeuuGKsY_It6Tdb0Un_bC9gmig5G2dVxlXHoaEp/pubhtml?gid=1381543057&single=true

Ambulances (across India)

https://www.gethelpnow.in

Medicine Distributors: 

https://www.cipla.com/sites/default/files/Tocilizumab-Distributor-List.pdf

https://www.cipla.com/sites/default/files/Remdesivir-Distributor-List.pdf

Picture: https://www.instagram.com/charliemackesy/

Request: If you/someone you know has used a resource not listed here, and were happy with it, please add it in the Comments below.

Printed Cotton Drawstring Trousers

With pockets! After a disappointing search at Fab India outlets, I find them at Pari's, on Church street, diagonally opposite Empire, just above that second-hand bookshop, just down the street from KC Das. Bang opposite Premier book shop which is no longer there. They also have printed capris, really nice ones.

The lady there also listens to your suggestions, and has a whole load of Fab India-kind-of kurtas and skirts and other printed cotton stuff.

Also saw some corduroy-kind-of-trousers in yellow and pink and green and purple.

Found plain drawstring trousers at Cotton World, of course expensive - and some did not have pockets.

National Gallery of Modern Art

Whether or not you are interested in Art, you must visit the National Gallery of Modern Art on Palace Road. Situated in a beautiful white well-preserved colonial building, surrounded by a huge garden full of ancient trees, with squirrels and birds all around, this is the the kind of place where you want to spend some quiet time. The windows are all 6 to 7 feet high, with only glass, no ugly bars - and light enters the huge spacious rooms from so many directions, highlighting the paintings beautifully. The ceilings are very high, and some of the rooms have wooden floors. It is the stuff of dream-houses.

In between the paintings you look out of any window, and you only see trees and squirrels.

The paintings are also a fabulous collection, starting from the Company paintings sponsored by the British to store their memories of this exotic land, right down to the most recent artists/sculptors. There is an entire room-full of Rabindranth Tagore's paintings - he apparently started painting at 67! The introductions to each section are done beautifully - it was quite an education for someone like me who has very little knowledge of art.

This is a place one can take visitors/guests to - when one is faced with the dreaded question "What's there to see in Bangalore?" - :) - for the wonderful building, the pleasant calming ambiance, the tree canopy, apart from the brilliant, very colorful walk-through across Indian art history. It is not at all crowded - probably most people here don't even know of its existence - so you have most of the rooms to yourself.

And the best part is that it is not too big, you don't get tired walking through endless rooms, it is just the right size.

They are open 10 - 5 PM all days, Monday is a holiday. Entrance fee - Rs. 10 only! For Foreigners Rs. 150 (!) and for students Rs. 1. They also sell prints and postcards and books.

Location:
National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Near Highground Police Station. This is the road in front of Mount Carmel college. From Mount Carmel if you come towards Highgrounds police station/Chalukya circle/Majestic, it is on your right side, just after the petrol pump in the corner. That stretch of road is one-way, but it is worth parking before that and just walking across.
Phone: 22201027

Thanks to my friend Jasetha for telling me about this place.

Getting rid of cockroaches

Cockroaches in your house? I think it is worth investing in PCI (Pest Control of India) - they do a fantastic job, I haven't had any cockroaches in my house since they started coming. And it's non-messy, non-intrusive.

PCI Bangalore: 25592560

To report child abuse

A friend found that a small girl working as a maid-servant at a neighbour's house was being tortured and starved. He called up CWC in the list below and they rescued the girl the same evening. The list below is a compilation of some of the replies I got.

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Child Help Line – 1098 (this only works from a BSN landline)

Makkala Sahaya Vani (children in crisis)
Office of the Commissioner of Police, 1, Infantry Road, Bangalore-560001
(A) Call 100 or 103.
(B) Call MAKKALA SAHAYAVANI (Child helpline)-1098-Toll free line.
(C) Inform the nearest Police Station.
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The Concerned For Working Children” (CWC) - works towards prevention of child labour.
Contact details:
302/2, L B Shastri Nagar
Vimanapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560017

Ph: 080 25234270

Web site: http://www.workingchild.org/
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Dr Meena Jain is the contact person and they work for child labour and human rights commission.
The commission brought the case of Shalabh Srivastava, an infosys employee , recently and it was a big news.
For more details contact 080-23391901/9844211431/9243405644 or email us at sambhavfoundation@yahoo.co.in
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SICHREM (South India Cell For Human Rights Education and Monitoring)
http://www.sichrem.org/
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Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA)
‎34, Anasandrapalya,
A Palace Road,
Vimanapura Post,
Bengaluru,
Karnataka 560017080 25232749‎
Ph. No 080-25232749, 098 454 980 29

Laksha – 9845498029
For more info: http://www.apsabangalore.org/
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C. R. T Child Rights Trust
‎Shop No. 4606,
6th Floor, High Point 4,
45, Palace Road,
Shivaji Nagar,
Bengaluru,
Karnataka 560001

Ph.No. 080 41138285‎
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BOSCO Mane

Fr Jose P sdb
BOSCO Yuvodaya
B Street, 6th Cross, Gandhinagar
Bangalore 560009
Karnataka.

Mob:09448426284

Events in Bangalore

A friend sent me these online guides to all cultural activities/conferences/fairs/forums happening in the city, with details of venue, tickets etc.


Events Bangalore: http://www.eventsbangalore.net/

Events & Engagements in Bangalore: http://bangalore.sulekha.com/upcomingcityevents.aspx?pageno=2

Yahoo Events\Bangalore: http://in.ourcity.yahoo.com/bangalore/events

Home Nurses in Bangalore

A list compiled from many sources, I have not personally used any of these.

Care Providers

• https://sukino.com/

• https://www.elderaid.in/

• http://nisargacare.com/

• https://www.nightingaleseldercare.com/ncaa.html

• https://www.portea.com/

• https://www.nightingales.in/

• https://apollohomecare.com/

• https://www.kitesseniorcare.com/

• https://www.prakrutihomehealthcare.in/icu-at-home.html

• https://carefordementia.in/ (Dementia)

• https://www.athulyaliving.com/lp/assisted-living-in-bangalore/

• https://www.nightingaleseldercare.com/ (residential Dementia care facilities)

Renewable energy products

Mail from a friend, on 28/5/2008

Anyone interested in renewable energy products (Solar lights, water heating etc.) for domestic and commercial purpose can contact Mr. Prasanna Rao who deals with ORB products.


Contact person:

Prasanna Rao

Bangalore Branch-1,

Orb Energy Pvt Ltd,

No. 49, 2nd Main,Sampige Layout,

Govindrajanagar,

Bangalore-560079.

Ph:91 80 23484430

Fax :91 80 23145930

Cell: 91 9880116796

Email:bangalorebranch1@orbenergy.com

Illegal Tree Felling?

Have not verified this, but this was posted on the Bangalore Nature Net yahoo group.
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Whenever you see trees being cut without proper permission, in Bangalore, please contact the Tree Officer. Action will be taken.

Phone numbers:

1. Tree Officer Mr. Suresh: 94806-83127
2. PA to Tree Officer Mr. Muniraj: 94499-70539