Trees bear fruit for the benefit of others, rivers flow for the benefit of others, cows milk for the benefit of others, and this body is for the benefit of others. That is, just as trees bear fruit for altruism, rivers flow, cows give milk, our bodies should also live for the benefit of others. This verse was taught in school days. I was reminded of it yesterday, when I read that milk has been removed from patients' meals in Mumbai's civil hospitals after the government-aided Aarey Dairy stopped supplying milk to the hospitals, citing shortages is. Mumbai's four big hospitals, 16 small hospitals and 30 maternity homes consume 4,000 liters of milk every day. Are Dairy 39 Rs. It supplied it at a subsidized rate of Rs. The dairy gets milk from rural areas of the state, then it processes and distributes it. Are says the supply chain was disrupted as vendors are getting better prices for milk from private vendors. Private cooperative dairies cattle owners get Rs 39 each. 27 per litre, while the government is paying them Rs. gives. So suppliers began to prefer private companies. This caused shortages and supplies had to be stopped.
But due to this the hospital is in trouble, because about 80 thousand patients have been deprived of milk. Since there is no substitute for milk, hospitals are struggling, among the patients there are children, pregnant women. Also, there are patients who are given food through the nose through the nasogastric tube, they are in dire need of milk. Hospitals are demanding grants from public welfare, as well as giving priority to children and pregnant women while giving milk to the patients.
In such a situation, Sion Hospital contacted 64-year-old social worker Bharti Sangoi. For the past three decades, she has been a respected name for the hospital, whenever there is a need for medical supplies or there is a shortage of money for surgeries etc., she is the first person to help. When the hospital told him about this new problem, he got 600 liters of milk collected in just one hour. The daily requirement of the hospital was 800 liters. Since then she has been providing more than 300 liters of milk daily to patients in critical condition. He sent a 'Save Our Soul' (SOS) message to his affiliated WhatsApp groups and made up for the shortfall.
When I read this about Bharti and raised my eyes to the car window, I saw two poor people on the sidewalk of the road opposite, with bandages on their hands. One of them was a woman and she was holding a wheelchair on which the other person was sitting. They were begging and a stray dog ​​was also with them. When they started eating their share, the dog looked with hope, as if saying that do not forget me. They understood his gesture and gave him some food with their utensils, I smiled when he started laughing happy that the dog would no longer be hungry. There is a small lesson to be learned from this scene – whoever you are and whatever you have, share it with those less fortunate than you. When nature shares everything with human beings, can't we give a little part of it to others? If nothing else, out of the 24 hours that God has given us every day, we can give at least a few minutes for service work.
