COVID warrior! Sushmita Sen arranges oxygen cylinder to Delhi hospital

Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen managed to arrange for some oxygen for hospitals in Delhi. On Friday, the actor thanked netizens for helping her transport the cylinders to the needy. "The oxygen cylinders are finally en route to Delhi Hospital from Mumbai," she tweeted.

A viral video about the oxygen crisis in the capital made Sush ask netizens how she could send the life-saving supplies to the COVID-affected. She tweeted, "This is deeply heart breaking...oxygen crisis is everywhere. I have managed to organise a few oxygen cylinders for this hospital but have no way to transport it to Delhi from Mumbai...please help me find a way"

Sushmita, further tweeted, "The said hospital has oxygen organised for now!!! It gives us more time to send the cylinders!! Thank you all soooooo much for helping create awareness & support!! deeply grateful!!! Stay good hearted...it suits you!!!"

And finally, hours later, Sush's help was put to use. "A super happy update!!!Thanks to the help from our Twitter friend @shweta_jerry the oxygen cylinders are finally enroute to Delhi Hospital from Mumbai!! Shweta & her colleague went out of their way to make this possible overnight! Deeply grateful"

Not just Sushmita Sen, several actors like Sonam Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar, Sonu Sood and Gurmeet Chaudhary are using their social media reach to amplify calls for help.