Memphians mobilizing to help India fight COVID

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: May 12, 2021 10:21 AM CT | Published: May 06, 2021 4:00 AM CT
<strong>Drs. Ronak Naik (from left, at Le Bonheur Children&rsquo;s Hospital), Amit Lahoti and Samir Shah are all leaders of the MidSouth Initiative To Raise Assistance (MITRA) for Indian COVID Relief. Mitra is a Sanskrit word for friend.</strong><em>&nbsp;</em>(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Drs. Ronak Naik (from left, at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital), Amit Lahoti and Samir Shah are all leaders of the MidSouth Initiative To Raise Assistance (MITRA) for Indian COVID Relief. Mitra is a Sanskrit word for friend. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

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Members of the Indian immigrant community send planeload of oxygen concentrators, other aid to help pandemic-plagued nation.

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