KOLKATA: Several city schools and hospitals will observe National Doctors’ Day on Thursday, many for the first time, as tribute to these healthcare professionals for risking themselves to save patients in these Covid times.
Loreto House, Middleton Row, has declared a holiday on Thursday. “There will be no classes tomorrow, July 1, 2021, as we commemorate National Doctors’ Day,” said a notice issued by Loreto on Wednesday. The school has also asked students of some middle school classes to write a tribute to doctors.
At DPS Megacity, junior school students have been asked to dress up as doctors during online classes on Thursday while Heritage School will discuss and mention Doctors’ Day at the online assembly on Thursday.
Hospitals, too, are gearing up to mark the day while following restrictions. At AMRI Hospitals, doctors at its three units — Dhakuria, Mukundapur and Salt Lake — will be felicitated by the local police. That apart, two other organizations will be visiting the hospital branches to felicitate medics. “Representatives from local police stations will be visiting our three centres to felicitate our doctors. LIC and a private bank, too, have sought permission for the same,” said AMRI CEO Rupak Barua.
AMRI will organize a one-hour online programme for doctors, titled ‘Gratitude’, on Thursday evening. “It will include a film and showcase how our doctors and others from across hospitals in Kolkata have been tirelessly working to save our Covid patients. It will be an online programme that will be streamed on the internet,” said Barua.
While RTIICS will give away mementoes to their doctors, Medica Superspecialty Hospital will hold an ‘internal programme’ to felicitate its doctors.
