Chennai: The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has been running a Covid-19 tele-counseling centre to provide psychologial support to those who need it, especially to those who are home quarantined.
A press release said, a team of 80 professional psychosogial volunteers comprising of social workers, psychologists and mental health professionals will be making calls to people who are placed under home quarantine. The team has also been receiving distress calls from people.
The centre is being run with the support of Department of Social Work of Loyola College. The volunteers have been mobilised by the network of social work professionals.
They have been providing support for the well being of those troubled by such testing times, the release said. They are also escalating the calls for further appropriate actions.
From 30 March, the team has received 5,000 calls regarding isolation, depression, medical queries, support for daily needs in cases of people staying alone and the elderly. The helpline number is 044-4612 2300.