On Sacred Games Actress Rajshri Deshpande's Request, Shah Rukh Khan Sends 2500 PPE Kits For Aurangabad Doctors
Sacred Games actress Rajshri Deshpande requested Shah Rukh Khan for PPE kits for doctors in Aurangabad. The King Khan of Bollywood has adhered to her request via his NGO Meer Foundation. The region is classified as COVID-19 hotspot.
A few days after Sacred Games actress Rajshri Deshpande (who played the role of Gaitonde's wife Subhadra) requested Shah Rukh Khan for PPE kits for doctors in Aurangabad, the King Khan of Bollywood has adhered to her request.
The Badshah of Bollywood via his NGO Meer Foundation has sent 2500 PPE kits for doctors in Aurangabad, a region classified as COVID-19 hotspot.
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Rajshri had first tweeted her request to Shah Rukh Khan on April 18.
Dear @iamsrk PLEASE HELP.
¡ª Rajshri Deshpande (@rajshriartist) April 18, 2020
There are no proper PPE KITS for the DOCTORS in AURANGABAD.
Hundreds of our farmers go for check ups EVERYDAY.
Aurangabad is a COVID19 hotspot.
I am feeling helpless as the SAFETY of our doctors&farmers is our PRIORITY at @Nabhangan5 @MeerFoundation https://t.co/bduLoGEBPV
@iamsrk Your contribution in fighting the pandemic & assisting the Doctors in #Aurangabad is phenomenal. May your tribe increase! Thank you my @TwitterIndia family and to each & everyone for spreading the message and supporting @Nabhangan5 good cause! We will win this together!
¡ª Rajshri Deshpande (@rajshriartist) April 26, 2020
On April 26, she thanked Shah Rukh Khan, Meer Foundation and Rajesh Tope for their speedy response. Rajesh Tope, for the unversed is the Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare of Maharashtra.
Magic & miracle are not words we hear very often in these times!But to see the eyes of our doctors light up was nothing short of that.
¡ª Rajshri Deshpande (@rajshriartist) April 26, 2020
Thank you @iamsrk @MeerFoundation & @rajeshtope11 sir for sending 2500 PPE kits to these warriors so they can save our world and their own lives pic.twitter.com/2nleAkWesj
For the unversed, Rajshri Deshpande was born and brought up in farmer's family in Aurangabad. Furthermore, she had sometime ago, adopted a drought-hit village Pandhari in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Currently, she is doing everything she can to save the people of her village from coronavirus pandemic.
Reportedly, when coronavirus outbreak began in India, Rajshri Deshpande stopped the construction work of her school and started working on her village. According to a report in Mid-Day, the actor is ensuring doorstep delivery of the essentials in the village.
¡ª Rajshri Deshpande (@rajshriartist) March 31, 2020
When she got to know that the doctors in her hometown Aurangabad are also facing a scarcity of PPEs, she approached a few NGOs and also the authorities. However, they had run out of supply. That's when she approached Shah Rukh Khan for help.
Shah Rukh Khan had earlier donated 25,000 PPE kits for healthcare workers in Maharashtra.
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