On National Doctor’s Day, Mayank Foundation honours “Warriors in White”
Ferozepur, July 2, 2020: National Doctor’s Day in India is celebrated on July 1 every year, which is the birth and death anniversary of Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy. Doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers across the world have been on the frontline since the novel coronavirus outbreak, fighting the raging war with unmatched passion, by risking their lives.
In this context, Mayank Foundation - a Ferozepur- based Leading NGO - felicitated the city doctors working in various hospitals on the National Doctor’s Day. The members of the foundation visited prominent hospitals of the town and presented souvenirs in the form of certificates featuring the names and photos of the honoured physicians for their exemplary roles in providing the medical services to the citizens of the district. Notably, July 1 is marked as a Doctor’s Day in India.
Speaking on the occasion, President of the foundation Anirudh Gupta said that as a mark of respect and recognition of the healthcare facilities rendered to the people of this border- district, the Foundation has decided to honour the local doctors who have been working round the clock to ensure the well- being of the people.
The foundation felicitated all the doctors specialized in various branches of medical sciences working in the leading hospitals like Civil Hospital Ferozepur, Francis Newton Hospital, Anil Baghi Multi- Speciality Hospital, Akash Hospital, Khanna Nursing Home, Arora Ultrasound Center,Sandha Children Clinic, Dhir Hospital, and Dr. Kalia Eye Hospital.
Secretary Rakesh Kumar said that today the role of doctors has become even more challenging in this terrible phase of Corona epidemic. They have emerged as real warriors. Regardless of their lives, they are engaged in the service of humanity. The Mayank Foundation commends this spirit and hard work and salutes all doctors on this Doctor's Day.
The prominent doctors who were honoured included the names of Dr. Kamal Baghi, Dr. Naresh Khanna , Dr. Avinash Jindal (SMO), Dr. Sheel Sethi , Dr. Vikas Arora ,Dr. Gurmej Ram, Dr. Naveen Sethi, Dr. Davinderpal Singh Gill, Dr. Akash Agarwal, Dr. Sushma Sethi, Dr. Himani Sharma, Dr. David Masih, Dr. Ajit Kaur Bajaj, Dr. RL Taneja, Dr Awtar Singh, Dr. Madan Mohan Agarwal, Dr. Surinder Pal Kataria, Dr. Rohit Singal and Dr. Daljit Singh.
Subodh Kakkar, Dr. Ghazal Preet, Deepak Grover, Ashwani Sharma, Vipul Narang, Advocate Rohit Garg, Kamal Sharma, Vikas Gupta , Mitul Bhandari , Satpal Gumber ,Deepak Narula, Sandeep Sehgal, Rakesh Mahar of the foundation were present during the occasion.