Rescued children show respect to COVID warriors, send rakhis, cards to doctors, nurses
New Delhi: Several rescued children, including those who have been orphaned due to COVID-19, have sent handmade 'rakhis' and greetings cards to doctors and other healthcare workers at a few hospitals as a gesture to honour the 'corona warriors'.
On the eve of Raksha Bandhan, doctors at Delhi's Max Hospital in Saket and Max Hospital in Gurgaon were in for a beautiful surprise. Children from SOS Children's Villages of India, a pan-India NGO, at Greenfields, Faridabad, have sent handmade 'rakhis' and greetings cards to doctors, nurses and other staff of Max Smart Super Specialty Hospital in Saket and Max Hospital, Gurgaon, a spokesperson of the hospital group said on Saturday, adding that a similar gesture has been made by children of the NGO for doctors and others at All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar too.
Some of these children include the ones rendered orphan due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he said. The gesture by the children is to express their love and appreciation for the healthcare professionals fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital authorities said.
Raksha Bandhan is an age-old tradition of celebrating the sacred relationship between a brother and a sister. The occasion is marked by tying a decorative thread that signifies a 'safety cover' on the wrists of brothers by their sisters, both related by blood or having an emotional bond.
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