Chandigarh, 02 July, The Chief Guest Prof. Dr. Jagat Ram felicitated Chandigarh Covid Heroes for excellent management of COVID 19 and saving lives of many patients during this pandemic. STRATEGIC INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (SIPHER) and Resource Centre for Tobacco Control (RCTC) under DCM PGIMeR organized a virtual event on National doctor’s day, 1st July 2021. Prof. Dr. G.D Puri, Dean Academics PGIMeR, Dr Amandeep Kaur Kang, DHS Cum MD NHM Chandigarh and Dr Jasbinder Kaur, Director Principal, Govt. Medical College Hospital were the Guests of Honour, who talked briefly about the roles played by the chosen COVID Heroes in COVID management.
Mr. Arun Verma (Director, Operations and Finance, SIPHER) opened the session by giving a warm welcome to all the attendees and he told that PM has tweeted, “My best wishes to all doctors on Doctors’ Day. India’s progress in the field of medicine is commendable. India has contributed to keeping the world healthy”.
Dr. Rakesh Gupta President SIPHER, Former Director of health services Govt. of Punjab and Prof. Dr. Sonu Goel, Director RCTC,PGIMER introduced the eminent Chief Guest and Guests of Honor. They told that the event has been organized to honor the COVID Heroes, who have turned tragedy into triumph during the Pandemic.
Dr. Parmjit Singh, DMS GMSH-16, and Dr. Manjeet S Trehan, District Immunization Officer Chandigarh, Dr. Sanjeev Palta, Dept. of Anesthesia & Intensive Care GMCH-32, Dr. Deepak Chawla Prof, Dept. of Neonatology & Nodal Officer For Covid Vaccination, from GMSH-32, Dr. Varun Mahajan, Asst. Prof. Dept. of Anesthesia & Intensive care PGIMeR, Prof.Dr. Vipin Koushal, Dept. of Hospital Administration, PGIMeR, and Dr. Mini P Singh Prof. Dept. of Virology from PGIMER was honored as COVID Heroes.
All the COVID Heroes shared their experiences and the struggle they faced during these hard times of the pandemic to save lives.
It was followed by a video message from Padma Bhushan Dr. N.K.Ganguly, Former Director-General of ICMR and his informal interview on SIPHER Health News YouTube channel was released by Director PGIMeR.14th edition of Tobacco-Free Times was also released on the occasion.
The names of winners of the Story writing competition by Doctors “Ek Kahani Meri Zubani”, Dr. Dhrubajyoti Bora, ENT Specialists, JORHAT, Dr. Surbhi Tripathi, Research Assistant, PGIMER, Chandigarh, Dr. Anusha Sharma, Public Health Professional was announced in the event.
Addressing the participants, the Chief Guest Prof. Dr. Jagat Ram Ram Head enlisted the achievements of PGIMeR in efficiently managing COVID Pandemic due to selfless dedicated work of committed faculty. All the Guests of Honour applauded the tireless work put in by doctors across the country during the pandemic and they also congratulated Dr. Rakesh President SIPHER and Dr. Sonu Goel PGIMeR for their contribution to Public Health.
At the end of the event, a vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. Rajeev Chaundhary, RCTC with a message that honoring such heroes is merely a small gesture which is the least we could do. One day is not enough to thank the Doctors and medical fraternity for all that they have done and keep doing each day.
