The prime minister, appearing to fight tears, referred to sacrifices made by healthcare and frontline workers, hundreds of whom lost their lives.
While launching the country’s Covid vaccination drive today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got emotional and showered praises on frontline workers as he spoke about those who risked their lives to save lives.
PM Modi choked up while Looking back at the difficult times when the coronavirus pandemic first burst upon an unprepared world, as he went on to speak about people who could not perform the last rites of their loved ones, those who were separated from their families and the elderly who died in isolation.
“Today when we take a look at the last year, we realise that we have learnt a lot as individuals, family and nation. I want to remember those days when the disease kept people away from their families. Mothers wept for their children but couldn’t hold them. Old fathers fought the disease alone in hospitals, their children could not help them. We could perform rituals for those who died due to corona,” the Prime Minister said.
“It makes me extremely sad,” he further added.
The prime minister, appearing to fight tears, referred to sacrifices made by healthcare and frontline workers, hundreds of whom lost their lives.
“In times of that crisis and atmosphere of despair, some were giving us hope. They were putting themselves at risk to save us – doctors, nurses, paramedics, ambulance drivers, sanitation workers, police and other frontline workers – they prioritised their duty to humanity. They stayed away from their families and children, they stayed away from home for days… Hundreds never returned home.”
The PM said: “They sacrificed their lives to save lives. So today, by vaccinating healthcare workers first, society is paying their debt.”
Approximately 1 crore frontline workers are supposed to be inoculated in the first phase of the vaccination campaign, one of the world’s largest.
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