Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 22
While the city has no dearth of publicity hungry pseudo activists, there are few good men who are quietly contributing for the welfare of the society.
These anonymous heroes have generously donated lakhs of rupees for the Poor Patients Welfare Fund (PPWF) of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).
Dr Navneet Kaur Dhaliwal of the PGI, who keeps a record of the donations, said majority of the donors, who had given away donation running into lakhs of rupees, wanted to remain anonymous.
Nearly three days after making an appeal for donations under the poor patient welfare funds, the government-run premier medical institute of north India has received a donation of Rs 6 lakh. The PGIMER authorities expressed gratitude to the management of St Kabir Public School, Sector 2, for donating Rs 3 lakh for the poor and needy patients.
Manju Wadwalkar, public relations officer of the medical institute, said: "The donations are accepted either through cheque (in favour of the Director of PGIMER) or cash at the poor patient cell near the main reception of Nehru Hospital.
He said, "The donation amount is covered under the Section 80G of the Income Tax Act." "We appeal to the public to generously donate for this fund so that we are able to save the poor patients by providing them health care," stated Wadwalkar.
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