Srinagar, Jun 08 (KNO): The Director of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) on Monday felicitated two Covid warriors for their exemplary work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The two warriors who were appreciated include Babli Rani a teacher who has collected over 10,000 samples for Covid-19 testing and Tabasum Ara a nurse from Pulwama who has given vaccination shots to over 7,000 people.
Babli Rani a resident of Rajouri, posted in Ganderbal who is working on master grade in education department while talking with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that she was interested in the service of humanity since her childhood and once she was deputed in surveillance team she requested the technical team of the health department to teach her about how to take Covid sample.
After getting training for some days, Rani started to take samples and so far she has taken around 10-15 thousand samples in Ganderbal district.
Rani said that while visiting the upper reaches of Ganderbal and educating people there about Covid-19 and Covid appropriate behaviour and taking samples are giving her peace of mind.
"The blessings what I receive after taking samples of people means a lot to me," she said while adding that she is going to help the health department every time.
Rani said that she is living as a guest in Ganderbal at residence of one of her colleague and had to take precautions while returning back from duty.
Tabasum Ara while talking to KNO, said that since the vaccination started on January 16 this year, she has vaccinated over 7000 people at the district hospital Pulwama during door to door vaccination.
“On a daily basis, I vaccinate over 100 persons now and motivate dozens of people to take the vaccine,” she said. "My family got involved in the virus but despite that I continued my work of vaccination and being part of the surveillance team."
“Vaccinating people in times of pandemic is challenging as one has to go home in the evening and you don't want to become a Covid carrier for your family," she said.
Both Covid warriors thanked officials of the health department for acknowledging their work—(KNO)