Health worker cycles 45K km

Rohtak: Mukesh Kumar, a healthcare worker employed at the Civil Surgeon’s office in Rohtak, has been cycling and spreading awareness to conserve the environment and check the spread of malaria, dengue, Covid and chikungunya etc. He was honoured at a ceremony organised to mark World Malaria Day on Sunday. Mukesh, who started cycling in 2019, has covered a distance of 45,000 km so far. Rohtak Civil Surgeon Dr Anil Birla chaired the function organised under the direction of Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr Anupama Mittal.

Ambulance donated

Ambala: Ambala district has received a fully equipped ambulance which was donated by Chandigarh International Airport Authority Limited. Dr Sheelkant Pajni, a senior medical officer at Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment, informed that CEO Chandigarh Airport Authority Limited Ajay Kumar handed over the ambulance on Sunday under the CSR activity. While one ambulance has been given to Ambala, another fully equipped ambulance has been given to Mewat. Civil Surgeon Dr Kuldeep Singh said, “The ambulance will be deployed in Ambala Cantonment Civil Hospital and we have further apprised the Airport Authority about further requirements.”

Teachers help mate’s kin

Rewari: Guest teachers working in various departments at Indira Gandhi University (IGU) here have decided to donate their one-day salary for extending financial aid to the kin of their fellow teacher — Jitendra Rathi — who died of Covid last week. Jitender was engaged with the geography department and his wife is a research scholar at the IGU. Karamwati Yadav, president, IGU Guest Teachers Association, said, “We all stand with the bereaved family in this time of crisis and have given a little contribution in the shape of financial aid.” Prof SS Chahar, Dean (Academic Affairs), said, “Many regular teachers have also come forward to help the family. Hence, we have written to the head of all departments for providing names of those who want to contribute to this noble cause.”

PR exercise to fight Covid

Hisar: As the cases of Covid continue to surge in Haryana, the Department of Haryana Public Relations has decided to change its format of issuing press releases for the media regarding Covid. In the new format, Public Relations Offices at the district level have put facts and the content in their press notes in an optimistic way. Instead of putting simple facts about the number of positive cases and deaths due to Covid, the PROs from various districts on Sunday mentioned the number of recovered and discharged Covid patients in the introduction besides giving other details of the new cases and samples taken etc. The press releases also have details of the sampling and testing spots in respective districts, availability of oxygen and Remdesivir injection and about the vaccination drive. The press notes of the district PRO offices also contain an advisory about food intake to be taken by Covid-positive persons and other precautions.

Contributed by Sunit Dhawan, Nitish Sharma, Ravinder Saini and Deepender Deswal