Anand (Gujarat): The second wave of COVID-9 is spreading in the Anand district by the day. One can see lines of ambulances outside the hospital carrying patients waiting to be admitted to hospitals for treatment. This is bound to shake up the courage of the corona-infected patients. Most hospitals in the district are fully occupied by corona patients.
At present, the district administration has converted buildings of schools and other institutions into COVID care centres for patients exhibiting mild symptoms so as to ease the pressure on hospitals. It is also difficult for patients to remain self-quarantined. It is with an intention to boost the mental strength of the patients, Anand police have launched the ‘Namanah: aadar saathe apnapan’ programme.
Under the initiative, the police, through video calls, will communicate with the Covid patients. Like a friend, the police counsel them to remove any kind of fear that the patients may have. The video calling is done every day.
According to information, the programme was initiated by the district superintendent of police Ajit Rajiyane under the guidance of DGP Ashish Bhatia and Ahmedabad range IGP P V Chandrasekharan.
As the campaign received a good response, the police now plan to hold video calling with all senior citizens in home quarantine to allay their fears about the pandemic as well as to create awareness among them about COVID-19 preventive rules.
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Talking to ETV Bharat, Anand police headquarters Dy SP D.R. Patel said, ‘Police is every citizen's friend’.
Dy SP Dhiraj Patel said, “We provide counselling to the patients so that their fear about anything pertaining to the pandemic is allayed. The patients also discuss their problems and suggestions if they have any with the police. We try to resolve, in its limited way, whatever problems the patients have. The main purpose of the project is to instil confidence among the coronavirus patients that the police is always with them in fighting the pandemic. On April 22- the first day- video call was made to 46 patients, followed by 35 persons on April 23 and another 35 persons today.
