Baripada: Amid the COVID pandemic, Raja saw a muted celebration this year too. However, the staff at a COVID hospital in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district ensured that the patients had a good time.
Wearing PPE kits and masks, doctors and health workers at Bankisole Covid Hospital (BCH) here were seen spreading festive cheer among the patients on Monday. They distributed poda pitha (cakes) synonymous with the festival and sweets.
The staff of the hospital were also seen helping women patients wear alta.
They also danced with the affected patients to popular Raja songs, to regale them and help them get out of the gloom.
The doctors and patients also cut a cake on the occasion.
Notably, this is the same hospital that was in the eye of a storm after disturbing photographs of patients, including a woman, lying naked on the floor of a washroom and bed went viral on May 31.
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Similarly, at a Covid Care Centre at Jualia in the district, the staff were seen applying alta to patients with mild infection.
As a mater of keeping up the mood of those with mild Covid infections, the lady staffs of CCC Jualia celebrating Raja festivals with the patients. pic.twitter.com/xeNTVDBVdk
— dr.sibananda mohanty (@sibananda_ms) June 14, 2021
