Hyderabad: The COVID-19 surge throughout the nation has affected children the worst.
With deaths due to the Coronavirus on the rise, social media is flooded with people sharing information of children who have either lost both their parents, or have actually been hospitalised appealing for them to be adopted, despite experts cautioning that it might amount to trafficking.State and central federal governments have actually recommended people to report such cases either to the police or district kid well-being committees.
The Telangana Child Well-being Department stated that over the previous week they have received a minimum of 15-20 telephone call asking for assistance for such kids.
We got about 300 calls looking for guidance in case of parents and kids in one family all screening positive for COVID-19, which we directed to the medical officers.
Of these, 15-20 calls were such cases where either a single moms and dad was hospitalised, or both parents had actually passed away due to the illness, and guardians requested academic or financial backing , an authorities in the child welfare department stated.
The assistance desk at the department received calls ranging for arrangement of a COVID-19 test for a three-year-old in Khammam district, where the child's parents had both tested positive and remained in home seclusion.
The neighbour of the household asked for the authorities to visit their house and assist the kid.
In another case in Suryapet district, Anganwadi teachers visited the house of a 14-year-old kid, orphaned due to COVID-19, to assess his condition and provide counselling.
The District Child Security Unit after a call from the kid's uncle, supplied him with an admission in a Child Care Institution and started the procedure for his admission in a neighboring school.
Meanwhile, the state kid well-being department has actually also established a transit center in Hyderabad for the safe stay of woman kids whose parents are hospitalised due to COVID.
In case of any child needing assistance, the closest Kid Well-being Committee will help with the admission.
The Telangana Minister for Tribal, Women and Child Welfare Satyavathi Rathod on Thursday also inaugurated a special seclusion center for the treatment of kids at the Commissionerate.
The Minister also directed officials to set up unique lorries in all districts of the state during the crisis duration so that kids impacted by the illness can be instantly rushed to close-by hospitals and kids's centers for better treatment in a prompt way.