Lenskart Foundation launches WhatsApp chat-based Covid-19 relief helpline

Lenskart Foundation has launched a Covid-19 relief helpline that allows users to message their requirement of medicines, injections, oxygen support, and lab tests, said the eyewear company about its philanthropy initiative.

The WhatsApp chat-based helpline at 892-947-6589 provides information on what to do if diagnosed with Covid-19, using inputs from a panel of doctors.

Nidhi Mittal Bansal, chairperson of Lenskart Foundation, said its key objective is to help people manage Covid-19 at home, “right from Day-1 of symptoms, so as to help avoid hospitalisation at a later stage”. She said that over 80 per cent of patients suffer mild to moderate symptoms that can be effectively treated at home “with right advice.”