Pune Police film says cops, people vulnerable to Corona, Don’t boycott them or their family

Pune, June 6, 2020: Pune Police Commissioner’s office has launched one more impactful public service communication campaign in form of a short-film entitled “Covid Ki Bimaari Se Ladhiye – Bimaar Se Nahi”!  This is the first of its kind short film that is aimed to create empathy amongst people at large towards the patients of COVID – be it citizens or police staff.

The film drives a home a message that people need to change their attitude towards Covid patients and instead of boycotting or disconnecting them we need to support and maintain respect for them and their families. Till now 52 police personnel in Pune have been found COVID19 positive and two of them have died while 27 have been cured. There are still 23 police personnel admitted in hospitals.

This short film conveys to convey to people at large that – ‘like every citizen even the police staff may also acquire corona disease. In fact they are more vulnerable as they are fronting the war to safeguard us. This is the time to support them and help their families and not discriminate against them. Social distancing physically may be essential but we need to give our total support to them and their family emotionally so that they don’t feel discarded or alone in their fight against the disease and get on recovery mode. The short-film delivers the message in a very impactful and emotional way indeed. The film also is supported by a trailer for select media handles.

Commissioner of Police Dr K Venkatesham said, “We all need to change our attitude and behavior towards Corona Patients. We needed a strong and impactful message to make people realize that emotional support, respect and also help to Corona victims and their families is the need of the hour. This film will make people realize and act accordingly and make this society more supportive to Corona victims.”

 

Meanwhile, 182 new COVID19 patients were found in Pune city yesterday while in Pimpri-Chinchwad 45 patients were found. Also, 9 patients died in Pune and 2 in Pimpri-Chinchwad. With the increase of 182 patients in Pune, the total number has reached 7,447 out of which 4675 have been cured while 369 have died. In Pimpri-Chinchwad, 45 patients were found yesterday and two died during treatment. As a result, the total number of Coronavirus positive patients has reached 678. A total of 35 people were discharged.

 

 

Coronavirus continues to plague the state. Corona killed 139 people in the state yesterday while 2436 new patients reported across Maharashtra. The number of COVID19 patients in the state has crossed the 80,000 mark. The reassuring thing is that yesterday 1475 patients were discharged from hospitals.

 

 

The recovery rate in the state is 43.81 percent. The death rate in the state is 3.55 per cent. The total number of corona patients in the state has reached 80,229. So far 35156 patients have recovered and returned from hospitals. There are still 42,215 active patients undergoing treatment, said Health Minister Rajesh Tope.