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Highlights Of Swasth Bharat, Sampann Bharat Telethon- Leaving No One Behind

Highlights Of Swasth Bharat, Sampann Bharat Telethon- Leaving No One Behind

NDTV and Dettol have been jointly working towards a clean and healthy India since 2014 via the Banega Swachh India initiative, which is helmed by Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan. In the eighth year, the campaign aims to highlight the inter-dependency of humans and the environment, and of humans on one another with the focus on One Health, One Planet, One Future – Leaving No One Behind.

Here are the highlights of Swasth Bharat, Sampann Bharat Telethon with Amitabh Bachchan:

Oct 03, 2021

20:19 (IST)

Ranjan Dora, Volunteer, IndiaShield talks about being a working and helping people during the second wave of COVID-19

The collective passion of absolute strangers coming together to save one life made me want to volunteer. We would see helplessness everywhere. Families were distressed and it only felt right to your do bit. It isn't something that you are used to doing or had planned to do ever. All of us were working restlessly finding beds, ambulances, etc and give them one tiny ray of hope. However, it would also mean witnessing death. How do you forget loss and continue helping people. Many of us would also get attached to families going through tough times.

I remember a mother of a 21-year-old boy with severe Covid screaming at me and saying, what are you doing Ranjan? When will we get an injection? Once I was asked to choose between two patients and provide ICU bed.

There is high level of satisfaction even when one life is saved. I had a breaking point when I lost a family member. At the same time, someone called me and screaming at me saying, I am standing outside with my mother and I will lose her if we don't get a bed. Eventually, he lost his mother.