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VASCO
A grateful armed forces on Sunday showered petals on the medical workers at hospitals in Bambolim, Margao and Chicalim, formed human chain message on the Dabolim runway and also distributed sweets to the police and traffic police at Vasco.
As part of a nationwide armed forces salute and gratitude to all “corona warriors”, which include doctors, nurses and healthcare workers, on the ‘Corona Warrior Day’, the Indian Navy and Coast Guard helicopters conducted fly-pasts and showered petals over the GMC Hospital at Bambolim, the Margao ESI hospital and the Chicalim Cottage Hospital on Sunday between 10 am and 10.30 am.
Thank-you notes and sweets were also presented to the staff at these hospitals by teams of Naval personnel from Goa Naval Area.
In addition, recognising the efforts of the police force in fighting coronavirus, sweets were also distributed by Naval personnel to the police and traffic police at the Vasco police station.
Another display of solidarity to the Corona Warriors was presented by the Indian Navy at Dabolim Runway, when 1,500 Naval personnel in white uniform, with peak caps and donning masks, joined together to form a human chain message displaying ‘India salutes Corona Warriors’, while maintaining social distancing norms.
Responding to the call by the Ministry of Defence, the Indian Coast Guard also actively participated in the ‘India thanks COVID-19 Warriors’ initiatives on Sunday.
Three Coast Guard ships anchored near the port in the State and were illuminated from sunset. A Coast Guard helicopter showered petals on medical workers at the ESI hospital, Margao at 10.15 am.
Elsewhere, Coast Guard ships showed appreciation by illumination at 25 locations covering the entire coastline of the country, including the far flung island territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands.
The ships displayed the banners “India Salutes Corona Warriors” and sounded the ship’s siren and fired flares at 7 pm at anchorage.
In addition, Coast Guard Helicopters showered petals on hospitals treating coronavirus patients at five locations.
These initiatives of the armed forces was a gesture to thank the doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and all other health care workers for their tireless and selfless efforts during the ongoing pandemic.
