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To ensure non-COVID- 19 patients are not denied medical treatment, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has launched a Free Helpline to assist and support the treatment of such patients.

FICCI has partnered with Tech Mahindra and launched this healthcare Helpline. To use the Non-COVID helpline number, a person is required to save the number 080 6889 0550 in your contacts wherein he/she will be provided details of the nearest hospital which can be reached for emergency health treatment/services.

The facility will be available in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Indore, Kolkata, Chennai, Cochin, Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Over 150 hospitals have enrolled for this Helpline. Number of Cities along with list of more Hospitals in respective city will keep being added as the work progresses.

Dr Sangita Reddy, President FICCI said, “Many non-COVID patients who need treatment were unsure of where they could go and what the procedure would be. This helpline is in response to their multi queries.”

Kidney patients in need of dialysis, cancer patients needing chemotherapy along with some other critical disease profile were struggling to reach the hospitals due to nationwide lockdown.