Healthcare and frontline workers are racing against time to help the nation avert the crisis brought on by the second wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India. Police personnel, essential workers and social organisations are heavily involved in helping people who are either infected with the virus or are adversely affected due to economic or social reasons brought about by the pandemic.Many people seeing the nation suffer in these times of crisis have also shown their courage and empathy and extended a helping hand to the people impacted by the disease. Here is a list of few instances where well-meaning Indians have stood up to the challenge posed by Covid-19:
1. Abhishek Gupta, owner of an oxygen plant in Mayapuri and Inderjeet Singh Monty, president of Mayapuri Trading Association saw the oxygen crisis Delhi is facing and worked round-the-clock to provide oxygen to private hospitals in west Delhi. People from all over Delhi who are in urgent need of medical oxygen have received help from them and over the past few days 500-600 people went there to get their cylinders refilled. “The whole cost of this is borne out by Abhishek. He told us to help manage the things on ground and ensure that people’s demands are being met,” Monty told news agency PTI. A similar effort has been taken up by a gurdwara at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad. Under the ‘Oxygen Langar’ initiative, the gurdwara pledged to provide oxygen to people until they find a hospital bed.