Cops help people, oxygen cylinders reach hospitals

New Delhi: Neeraj Bahal from Singapore needed help for hospitalising two elderly people living in Mayur Vihar. He tweeted seeking help.
The local station house officer (SHO) wasted no time after he was told about the social media post. Head constable Ajay arranged an ambulance and also counselled the duo who seemed depressed over their condition. The cop shifted them to a hospital.
More such instances of Delhi Police extending an helping hand were reported on Sunday.They made a green corridor to ensure Dharmshila Hospital in east Delhi received 20 big oxygen cylinders in a short time.
ESI Hospital in Vivek Vihar had around two hours of oxygen left, when SHO Ajay Kumar arranged some cylinders from a private hospital and more through Delhi government officials.
A truck driver carrying oxygen for Safdarjung Hospital said farmers had blocked his usual route. The cops reached Sector 62, Noida and used the wrong carriageway to help him reach the hospital when it was left with just 10 minutes’ supply.
Twenty-nine cylinders were arranged for Jeevan Hospital in Sunlight Colony. The Greater Kailash police also got a cylinder for a dentist and his son, and 60 for Batra Hospital.
Delhi Heart and Lungs Hospital on Panchkuian Road was low on oxygen when the cops managed to get cylinders from Naraina. Another 44 cylinders were provided to NKS Hospital in Gulabi Bagh and a tanker was escorted to St Stephen’s Hospital.
Police also got food for 650 people in collaboration with Nirankari Mandal in north Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar. Food packets and masks were also distributed in Shalimar Bagh, Azadpur and Model Town. They also performed the last rites of an unidentified man found dead in Lajpat Nagar.