UP: Mother-daughter duo serving three meals a day to Covid patients, doctors in Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ: Holding the flag of humanity, compassion and concern aloft amid the worsening Covid situation in the second wave, local resident Mayuri Mukherji and her elderly mother Shikha Mukherji are running a kitchen and offering three meals a day to doctors as well as Covid-19 patients at Swaroop Rani Hospital (SRN) and other hospitals in the Sangam City.
Mayuri, who quit a coveted job in a reputed multi-national company at Delhi two months ago and returned to her native home in Colonelganj, is now cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner for around 100 people, including doctors and Covid patients, and serving it to them free of cost.
Mayuri and her mother Shikha, who recently retired from health department, say serving the mankind in this crisis is their sole motto and they feel inner-satisfaction in doing their bit in this time of crisis.
“There are many doctors at SRN and other hospitals who are working round the clock and are cannot go to their respective homes. They are putting themselves at risk while treating the ill and saving lives, so I decided to provide them home-made food,” said Mayuri. “We have been serving them meals since the first week of March. We both draw satisfaction in cooking food for them and are doing our bit for serving the mankind” she added.
Mayuri and her mother have prepared different menu for all seven days of the week.
They cook dal, sabzi, rayta, dahi, chawal, roti, mushroom, chatni and achar in lunch and dinner from Monday to Friday and have included egg curry, shahi paneer, palak paneer, poori, salad, and sweets in the menu for Saturday and Sunday.
Mayuri also provides sugar-free diet to those who are diabetic.
“After returning to my home town and joining a job here, I decided to do something for doctors and Covid patients, and started preparing meals for them,” she said.
“We give milk, poha, and boiled egg in breakfast to Covid patients and a balanced, nutritious diet in lunch and dinner,” said Mayuri.
When asked how they arrange funds, Mayuri said, “My mother decided to spend her monthly pension for this and we both get satisfaction from serving the doctors and patients.”
Mayuri packs the meals herself and even drives her car to deliver the meals to hospitals whenever the delivery boy doesn’t come.