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Chandigarh,
April 01 2020
Rotarians had been doing their bit behind the scene and taking
care of the medical supplies as well as feeding the hungry in the city. Past
Rotary International President Rajendra K Saboo along with members of Rotary
Club of Chandigarh had been spearheading the task force to help the
Administration and the medical authorities. Rotary Club Chandigarh had been
supplying N95 masks for doctors, as well as gloves and 3-ply masks for the
nurses and paramedic staffs. Already 50 N95 masks, 25,000 3ply masks, 200 PP
gowns and 10,000 examination gloves have been supplied to PGIMER, informed Club
President Surinder Pal Kaur.
The Club is arranging another consignment of 1000 PPE sets for the
doctors of PGIMER and 500 PPE for GMCH Sector 32, she said. The Club has
already spent over Rs.12 lakh for the medical supplies alone so far, she added,
while another senior Rotarian of the Club, Past District Governor Kawal Bedi is
coordinating the daily supply of 1000 food packets for the junior doctors and
nursing staff in PGIMER.
In so far as the food for the daily wage earners and migrant
labour in industrial area, the Club has been organizing 400 food packets daily
for 400 families with the logistic support of DGP Sanjay Beniwal, besides 145
families in the club’s adopted project at Saketri village have been supplied
ration with the active involvement of Rtn Neenu Vij and Rtn Dr Seema Gupta. The
Inner Wheel Club members have taken care of nearly 50 families of the daily
wagers supplying them with ration for a month.
Rajendra K Saboo informed that 2100 kg of rice was handed over to
the Chandigarh Administration through Rotary’s District Governor Rtn Jitendra
Dhingra as soon as the lockdown was announced, and is mobilizing another
Rs.15-20 lakh for the Administration to arrange food for the daily wage earners
and migrants. There are Rotarians from other clubs especially in Mohali and
Panchkula who are working closely with the Administration to manage this crisis
situation.
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