As we shared recently, there has been an exponential surge in COVID cases in multiple countries over the last few weeks, especially locations like India, among other countries around the world. Because of this, many supplies like oxygen have been extremely constrained and people are looking for real-time updates.
In an effort to help keep people as informed as possible, we are rolling out a way for you to provide timely updates on the availability of beds and other medical supplies at local hospitals and medical oxygen availability at oxygen suppliers in certain parts of India on Google Maps. If you have accurate, verified information, you can answer questions by either searching for a hospital, clinic, or oxygen supplier’s page on Google Maps or Google Search. This is currently available in areas including Chennai, Jaipur, and Kolkata, and we are rolling out to expand to other areas in India.
If you have recently visited a hospital, oxygen supplier, or medical establishment, you may receive a notification asking you to answer questions such as “Are Covid beds currently available here? What type?” or “Is medical oxygen currently available here?” Please do not go out to find these answers, only do so if you can answer from the safety of your home.
To our Local Guides in India and around the world currently dealing with this pandemic, we are thinking of you, and wish you and your loved ones health and safety.
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Thank you @KatieMcBroom for sharing the information with us. I always like to answer the questions which I know. I think, this answer somehow will help the users.
BTW, when the test centers were available in Kolkata, then I created a list for helping those whom needed most. The list: Test Centers: COVID-19
Stay safe!
Best wishes from India.
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Thanks a lot for take care great initiative in this crisis moment. I hope lots of people help to know that other in this situation. @@
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This is a great initiative @KatieMcBroom ! Thanks for sharing this post with us. During my recent visit to India , I had created aList of COVID vaccination centers in Mumbai
and I also added a few of the newly setup COVID care centers in Mumbai on Maps. Like they say, every contribution matters! Thanks for sharing this post!
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This is really great initiative @KatieMcBroom and very helpful in this crisis time. Hope soon this feature rolling out in other cities too.
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Thank you so much @KatieMcBroom for sharing this post and thanks to you and LG team for taking this initiative. It undoubtedly will help lot of people in current situation in India.
Stay safe and stat strong.
Have a great day!
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A big Kudos, to the team for adding more in that section.
@KatieMcBroom
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Hello @KatieMcBroom
This is a great initiative. It’s so kind of Google to rise to the occasion and meet the need as duty calls.
- Other countries are not free of the Covid19 yet either wonder what initiatives are available to help us out till the Covid19 is finally abated?
I am happy for our dear fellow local guides in India, this will go along way to keep the people updated and helped as necessary.
Please keep safe, we are thinking of you all.
Cheers
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@KatieMcBroom
Thanks for this information it will help many people with grace of God situation in Mumbai is under control. Sitting at home I & my son tired our best to help people with list of hospital, oxygen cylinder through social media my son helped & on what’s app I took the charge patient where they get at nominal charges medicine & some time free. Our sikh community is trying our best to help people free service of oxygen & food. In our area also since last year this group is giving food free to people outside hospital, worker class people & police men also. Unstoppable Sevadari’s they are Fb & Instagram
We have fight jointly together.
Feeling sad many of our local guide are also affected this 2 nd time, no work, some got covid also.
List of vaccine center.
https://www.google.com/maps/placelists/list/oKRv8t-aURF7lv6Ag_BNhxWT0mgcFQ
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Hello dear @KatieMcBroom
Thankfully appreciate this initiative.
However, since this facility is a REAL TIME status, I really don’t know the actual impact this can make.
To me this is a trial version or a prototype, taking help of active Indian LGs.
Sorry being Frank.
Still, wish you all the best…
& Even if a single life is saved by this, the effort is successful.
Praying that the planet be free from this pandemic soon.
@KashifMisidia
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नमस्कार…
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Thanks for Sharing updated this initiative, we Indian LGs always trying to helping out though map & we will continue as possible…
Thanks for sharing @KatieMcBroom we really need to support each other.
To fellow local Guides in India and around the world wish you and your family are safe and healthy

This is indeed very useful @KatieMcBroom
As the edits were not getting approved I wrote a review and name of the hospital and noticed many people asked questions related to vaccination.
As I stay right opposite to Hopsital It was easy for me to get updates, also I visited there to get my parents vaccinated ans helped a few neighbours with the same.
I also made few list where vaccination are available and made various list of vaccine centers, Covid hospitals and non Covid emergency hospitals and pharmacy which are open 24 hours these information were verified with some government offical website and staff working at those Hopsitals.
I even shared a post about the same hopefully it helps someone in need 
Katie mc broom give me some help in poor pepols help
Please teach me something about this