Live-Plasma

We collect information about authenticated plasma providers and try to bridge the gap by reaching it to the required people.

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Inspiration

During this time of pandemic, people are desperate to save lives and help others. Thousand of posts are posted every day on Facebook groups seeking plasmas and other live-saving elements. To make the process a bit more efficient and organized this chatbot is made. It collects the plasma donors data and then delivers this information to the plasma seekers after authenticating by the admin for easy access to everyone.

What it does

The person who wants to donate plasma visits and registers his information. Then when it is verified the person seeking the plasma shall get all the information and be able to contact him for the required plasma.

How I built it

  • I collected the user data and stored it in google sheets through chatfuel.
  • I also stored the data in my firebase cloud store. I have maintained a google sheet for easier access and sharing.
  • Then when a user seeks plasma we deliver the required information matching the blood type sorted by area.

Challenges I ran into

  • It was quite challenging for me to sort out the matters as it was my first time working with such kind of thing.
  • I had to find out all the processes only to come to know that my free tier does not allow me to do this and that from time to time and had to start over with new ways and solutions.
  • Testing the apis as they behaved differently many a time.
  • To show only the verified donors.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

  • I am proud to able to make this kind of thing that has the possibility of changing lives and helping people in their desperate times. Blood collection, ICU availability checker, and much more can be achieved through this.
  • I am proud to be a part of it.
  • At last, I was able to introduce admin access that could prevent the misuse of the information.

What I learned

  • No idea is small enough and we all possess many great powers, we only need to use them properly.
  • By iterating through the possibilities new ideas come by on the way and if we try a bit then we can reach new horizons.

What's next for Live-Plasma

I want to spread it all around so that it can help even a larger group of people.

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