Crowdfunding: Saving Million Lives

On December 2018 a baby boy was found in a nallah in Ambernath, Maharashtra. After being picked up by Shivaji Ragade, 35, he was admitted in the nearby hospital in Ulhasnagar. But on being diagnosed with serious brain infection, the baby was moved to Wadia hospital, Mumbai. Shivaji spent all the money during his treatment in Ulhasnagar. As the treatment cost was huge in Mumbai, the hospital got in touch with crowdfunding organisation Ketto and successfully managed to get Rs10.39 lakh within 24 hours. Puja Bhatnagar from Delhi received a  sum of Rs25 lakh with the help of  394 donors within 39 days for her liver transplant. These are not only stories to quote, but in reality many times these crowdfunding organisations have successfully collected funds within 24 hours and saved numerous precious lives. Many sitting on the pavements outside India’s premier medical...