WhatsApp group helps airlift ailing IT professional from UK to Kerala

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : A Delhi-based WhatsApp group consisting of Keralites led by a former judge and a former Union Minister played a key role in airlifting a Kerala IT professional from a UK hospital to one in Kozhikode in an air ambulance that arrived on Friday.

The WhatsApp group is known as Distress Management Collective and was formed 50 days back. It is led by retired former apex court judge Kurian Joseph.

Speaking to IANS, K.J. Alphons, presently an Upper House member said that everything was accomplished in a matter of two days.