Delhi: Family giving dignified farewell to Covid victims falls prey to virus, continues to help

Name: Delhi: Family giving dignified farewell to Covid victims falls prey to virus, continues to help
Uploaded: 17 Jul 2020, 01:30:09 PM
Duration: 01:02
Channel: TIMESOFINDIA.COM

| Jul 17, 2020, 01:30:09 PM | TOI.in

Throughout his weeklong stay in a Covid-19 ward in a Delhi hospital, in between temperature checks and nurse visits, Jitender Singh Shunty was constantly on the phone. The 58-year-old and his family — who have been ferrying bodies of Covid-19 patients to cremation ground and even performing their last rites — tested positive for the virus on June 27. “But that didn’t mean that work had to stop. There are families that need help every day and the dead who need a dignified farewell,” said Shunty, a former MLA from Shahdara. Shunty’s NGO, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal, which has a team of 26 volunteers has transported over 250 Covid-19 patients in Delhi-NCR for their final rites since April. Shunty himself was on the wheel several times and cremated over 35 bodies.

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