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IAF Chopper Showers Flower On Gandhi Hospital, Police In Hyderabad
Expressing the gratitude of the Defence forces to the coronavirus frontline 'warriors', an Indian Air Force helicopter showered flower petals over the state-run Gandhi Hospital here on Sunday.
It was part of the nation-wide thanksgiving effort by the armed forces to honor doctors, paramedics, sanitation staff, and other front-line workers battling coronavirus.
“During the current crisis, it is the doctors, nurses, policemen, media, sanitation workers, delivery personnel, bank employees, government employees and local store owners who have put their lives on the line to ensure that we as a nation are protected and cared for adequately,” said Army PRO Colonel Aman Anand
The medical staff, police, employees of sanitation, and security assembled in front of the hospital maintaining social distance and at around 10.30 am, the Chetak helicopter hovered over the hospital and showered petals as doctors, nurses, paramedical, sanitation and other staff and police personnel assembled near the premises.
Doctor, junior doctors, nurses, paramedical, outsourcing, and contract staff working in patient care, sanitation, and security were exhilarated over the gesture.
The COVID-19 'warriors' were seen taking videos and photos from their mobile phones while some others clapped. The Gandhi Hospital is among the designated facilities in Telangana for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
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