Auto Drivers Start 'Jugaad Ambulance' Service in Pune to Help COVID-19 Patients
'Jugaad Ambulance' has been started by one Keshav Kshirsagar who said that they have installed oxygen support in three of their autos for people who are facing difficulties in finding beds in hospitals.
In a bid to help patients suffering from COVID-19 in Maharashtra¡¯s Pune, a group of auto drivers from the city has started 'Jugaad Ambulance'. The initiative is meant to ferry COVID-19 patients in the city.
'Jugaad Ambulance' has been started by one Keshav Kshirsagar who said that they have installed oxygen support in three of their autos for people who are facing difficulties in finding beds in hospitals.
ANI
"These oxygen cylinders can last up to 6-7 hours. We have a helpline number through which patients contact us. We have trained our drivers on how to give oxygen to patients and they also take full precautions. We also have a team of doctors," said Kshirsagar.
"People who are suffering from Covid-19 were finding it difficult to get a bed in the hospitals, so we have installed oxygen support in three autos to help them," he added.
Maharashtra | A group of auto drivers in Pune started an initiative 'Jugaad Ambulance' to ferry #COVID19 patients in city
¡ª ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2021
"People were finding it difficult to get a bed so we installed oxygen support in 3 autos," says Dr Keshav Kshirsagar, initiative leader pic.twitter.com/JCLShVzWO5
On Twitter, many blessed the group, touting the auto drivers as real heroes of the pandemic.
We should salute our real soldiers who don't have political background otherwise otherwise it becomes state vs central. You are our Real Heros @SonuSood
¡ª Parikshit (@pariksh95167182) May 13, 2021
Shame on the govt. Agencies and people in power. Humanity at its bloom... Salute.
¡ª Biswa (@biswabhusan_m) May 13, 2021
Respect and salute!!!
¡ª Ravi Bhushan (@geekravi) May 13, 2021
Meanwhile, Maharashtra's daily tally of the coronavirus (Covid-19) continued to rise on Wednesday with 46,781 new cases and 816 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours taking the caseload and death toll to 5,226,710 and 78,007 respectively, according to the state health department's bulletin.
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As many as 58,805 recoveries were recorded on Wednesday taking the total recoveries past 4.6 million. The recovery rate is currently at 88.01 per cent.
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