Medical students from Maharashtra stranded in Russia return home
Representative imageMUMBAI: Closed to 500 medical students from Maharashtra, who were stranded in Russia for three months, landed in Mumbai on Monday morning in a private chartered flight. Some of them are keen on joining the state's healthcare facilities in their fight against Covid. While they have been moved to a quarantine centre for two weeks, they will soon be home with their families.
Danish Mistry, 21, a final-year student from Bhayander, said that the students arranged the chartered flight on their own after they did not get any response from the flights operating under the Vande Bharat Mission. Mistry said that their stay over the last three months of the pandemic in Russia was exhausting. "We were trying to get back home, but nothing worked in our favour. There was little to no awareness among the locals there and not many people tool precautions like wearing masks/gloves or maintaining social distance," said Mistry.
Director of Nix Tour, Nikesh Ranjan helped in arranging the private flight and the state's environment minister Aditya Thackeray helped in expediting the permissions. Each student paid around Rs 30,000 for the flight.
"Many of us are more than willing to join the state government in whatever ways possible after the quarantine ends," said Mistry. Almost 60 students are fresh medical graduates too. He said that the first-year students were a little paranoid as this was their first year away from home and that too in a pandemic.
Danish Mistry, 21, a final-year student from Bhayander, said that the students arranged the chartered flight on their own after they did not get any response from the flights operating under the Vande Bharat Mission. Mistry said that their stay over the last three months of the pandemic in Russia was exhausting. "We were trying to get back home, but nothing worked in our favour. There was little to no awareness among the locals there and not many people tool precautions like wearing masks/gloves or maintaining social distance," said Mistry.
Director of Nix Tour, Nikesh Ranjan helped in arranging the private flight and the state's environment minister Aditya Thackeray helped in expediting the permissions. Each student paid around Rs 30,000 for the flight.
"Many of us are more than willing to join the state government in whatever ways possible after the quarantine ends," said Mistry. Almost 60 students are fresh medical graduates too. He said that the first-year students were a little paranoid as this was their first year away from home and that too in a pandemic.
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