Leading by example and inspiring thousands in their path, a few good Indian Samaritans are winning hearts with their efforts. Rising above the pandemic constraints and helping others in need, today the real-life Covid Warriors are playing a pivotal role. Put your hands together and open your hearts to the recipients of the Times Covid Warriors. They have been felicitated based on the research conducted by an independent research Agency, Market Xcel Data Matrix Pvt. Ltd. Read along to acknowledge the exemplary contribution by Times Covid Warriors and feel inspired…

1.) Arjun Bafna-

Bafna Group is super headed by Arjun Bafna - a young and motivated Entrepreneur with MBA from Columbia University, New York. He has the skill to run businesses in multiple industries. The Bafna health care group was incorporated in 2005 to provide immediate and speedy emergency services to all. During the Covid phase our group realized the importance of slowing down the spread of COVID and providing a safe work environment for people heading back to work. We created sanitization tunnels which would eliminate the virus on the body and clothes.

Mobile Isolation rooms were created for covid patients with all requirements to ensure proper and full care of patients. These mobile rooms can be transported to remote towns and villages where the next phase of infection was expected

We also realized that while all state capabilities were employed to help covid patientss, we had to create a safe (from covid) and speedy transport to non covid patients seeking emergency services for other life threatening situation. The Bafna Healthcare group deployed more than 100 ambulances towards this.
On a personal level Arjun Bafna has provided food daily to children in Orrisa for an extended period of time.

2.) Rohan Bhojwani-

Rohaan Bhojwani is a 17 yr old student of American school Bombay studying music and the violin for 10 years.

For the past year, he has been teaching a group of students at Laxminagar Public School (Akanksha Foundation) the violin, to provide opportunities and benefit in the ways that music training has helped him for which he fund raised Rs. 1 lakh to buy violins.

However, due to the lockdown he could not teach them anymore as schools shut down. He realised many of them come from families of daily wage workers and had no income. Hence, he raised money for their essential services, like food, water, and medicines.

School has begun virtually for these students however, most of them have no device or a device shared by the whole family. They have managed to source tablets at 10000Rs from Lenovo with enabled sims and internet. His goal was originally to provide these to 40 students but he has successfully managed to raise funds for 130 tablets for the Akanksha students.

Please do reach out to him if you would like to help as no amount is too small at rbtablets781@gmail.com

3.) Rakesh Shetty-

Rakesh Shetty, a Seva Dal National Functionary, transforms himself as a full-fledged Corona Warrior

Truly sensing the plight of people during the Covid-19 virus pandemic, Rakesh Shetty, National Joint Secretary, All India Congress Seva Dal & In Charge of Gujarat State and Founder President, Ekta-The Power of Youth & Unity (NGO) extended his helping hand to thousands of teeming souls. Right from his philanthropic endeavors of distributing snacks to the deprived sections of the society during the lock-down period to distribution of food grains and other essential household items lasting for nearly a month to nearly 10,000 families residing at North-East Region of Mumbai City as well as organizing free health check-up camps quickly transformed himself into an unsung hero of the masses as well as attained the position of a full-fledged Corona Warrior. Over and above, Rakesh Shetty directly remitted more than Rs. Three Lakhs as a humanitarian help to the helpless souls around. To extend his help to the needy persons multiplying by each passing day, Rakesh Shetty had no other option but to sell one of his flats located at Kalyan to raise funds for the same. Precisely, a National Functionary of All India Congress Seva Dal through his proven philanthropic endeavors, has transformed himself into a full-fledged Corona Warrior.

4.) Dr Narendra Sharma (GURU NANAK HOSPITAL) -

Serving humanity and mankind for treatment of Covid 19.

Guru Nanak Hospital created by the Sikh community headed by Sri Guru Singh Sabha and the efforts of their leaders lare S Pyara Singh , S Sucha Singh, S Resham Singh and S Kulwant Singh Kohli in 1993. The trust is presently managed by Board of Trustees led by Convenor Bhupinder Singh Manhas and Chairman Sarabjit Singh Resham Singh and ably supported by General Secretary Bhupinder Singh Keer .

Sikh community has always been in forefront to serve humanity and country in all disasters. Hence the decision was taken by hospital trust to serve the Real Corona Warriors like Policeman and BMC officials who have been guarding on roads. Under the guidance of our hospital Jt.CEO Dr Narendra Sharma who also is Head of critical care, 50 isolation beds and additional 12 ICU beds were Commissioned from April 2020.Till date Guru Nanak hospital has treated 1100patients of Corona with 20 mortality. Guru Nanak hospital is committed for serving local population as well as patients of sikh community also so additional 20 beds were added. Apart from Covid , non covid patients were matter of concern so the hospital had allocated 12 ward beds and 10 ICU beds for other diseases. So routine operations, dialysis, delivery, seasonal diseases were also treated in non covid part of hospital. Last 4 months have been tough with limited staff reporting, because of lock down but the determination of serving humanity gave us the strength in this difficult time of Covid.

Address :- S-341, Gandhi Nagar Bandra (East), Mumbai 400051, Tel : 42227777, Toll free no: 18001025052

Website :- www.gurunanakhospital.com