Criticisms and blame game in the political arena as well as in other profession are galore and not something new.
Infact this has become a routine affair. Many unpleasantness takes place but even then people get away out of it.
Social Activist Prakash Gidwani who has been acknowledged in “INDIA BOOK OF RECORD” on 26th March 2020 for specialist act of bravery gold medalist and many more he’s a social worker from the suburbs, who dislikes the panic around the disease and the government’s management.
He is sixty-eight, and in an age-group that is at high risk from the virus. That doesn’t stop him from burying unclaimed dead bodies in cemeteries – a task that has gained him respect and given him sleepless nights.
He is at loggerheads with a policeman over the latter’s misbehaviour. He is also unhappy with the way people in general have behaved with each other in crisis. He tells me that the people have mostly abandoned each other.
Gidwani represents the Green Mumbai/ Disaster Management and he is a Member of the Police Committee.
He says “every day is a new challenge, someday we find better hospitals or doctors but someday it’s not. Notably, he is helping the sick people and those who fade away in COVID-19. His major concern is lack of ambulance as people are dying on the roads and daily he is sending the dead and unclaimed bodies from the roads for postmortem.”
Therefore, he requests the State Government as well as the Health Minister to provide ambulances and hearse vans. Ironically private hospital ambulances are charging hefty money. He mentions that, being a frequent visitor to the hospital, he observed some laxity in facilities of hospitals. So,on behalf of the BMC team and Municipal commissioners, he requests, to shift qualified doctors from dispensaries to government hospitals. At this time around, retired qualified doctors should be called back and allotted responsibilities according to their capability. In addition to this, there is a great demand for beds and other safety equipment and development measures
Prakash has been cremating people since decades now who don’t have any family or kin. In 2018, Bollywood hairstylist Sheela Kapoor, who was found dead in her Versova flat in August. He helped in cremating her.
In conclusion he wants to say if anyone has the inclination may come forward for providing help regarding ambulance availability and contact to Prakash Gidwani on contact number: 9821139317
surjitt sahani
