In the past few weeks, we heard of doctors, nurses and other professionals on the frontlines of humanity's battle with COVID-19 have faced unprecedented stigma from society.?
Videos of medical professionals being beaten and getting evicted from their rented apartments have stoked anger across the nation. While many people have been discriminatory against those quarantined, people in this Chennai colony have set an example for being kind and compassionate in these trying times.?
Amid this negativity, the residents of the apartment in Chennai Nandambakkam set an example by posting a thank you note with a message right underneath the quarantine notice.
Health officials had put Air India pilot Captain Manish Sharma on a 28-day home quarantine after he flew back from Muscat on March 15 reports?NDTV.
Chennai Corporation officials also stuck a quarantine notice at the entrance of his house to inform the building residents of the protocol.
The handwritten note was pasted right under the GCC quarantine sticker.?¡°Thank you Capt Manish for ALL your services. You are our HERO," read the note.?
Speaking to NDTV, Anil P Joseph, a resident of the Sreshtha Riverside Apartments said, "It's a symbol of our gratitude to Captain Manish Sharma and those on the frontline. On Sunday, we had also acknowledged such heroes among us as the country lit lamps and candles."
90,541 people have been placed under home quarantine in Tamil Nadu. Of these, 127 people are in govt quarantine facilities while 1848 are under hospital isolation.