City residents from different walks of life have come forward to help establish medicine banks and a laboratory at civil hospital for the poor and needy patients. Newsline had highlighted the dire need of these facilities at the hospital on June 22 in its weekly column “After hours” under the headline of “He sugars the pills”.

The article was based on Chander Mohan Khanna, a city-based industrialist and a social worker who made an appeal to residents to pitch in to set up medicine banks and a laboratory for needy patients. 

Talking to Newsline, Major C D Soi, member of local NGO Masonic Organisation, said: “We want to create a medicine bank for needy patients so that they can get the required medicines. I am going to hold a meeting with Khanna to establish the medicine bank in our Sarabha Nagar office as many people in the area can donate medicines.” 

Meanwhile, Neelam Kapoor, an office-bearer of NGO Jaago, said: “Khanna is doing good work and our NGO wants to help him with establishing a laboratory at the civil hospital. I believe this will be of great help for needy patients.” Jaago works towards imparting education and medical facilities to the underprivileged.

Dr Devinder Pal Singh, who runs a dental clinic at Campa Cola Chowk, too, wants to help. “I will be happy to render my services for the medicine bank.”  

Khanna is, meanwhile, a satisfied man. “I received around a dozen calls from various residents today and met seven people at the civil hospital who are ready to serve the needy. All this has encouraged me to work for the cause of humanity,” he said. Khanna has been nursing poor patients at the civil hospital for the last 18 years.

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