Pune: A nurse Chhaya Jagtap working at Naidu Hospital in Pune received a call from the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday. As per the sources of Pune Municipal Corporation health official,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called her and applauded the work done by the hospital staff to fight the pandemic.

PM Modi enquired about her well being and asked Chhaya Jagtap how she was allaying her family’s fears for her safety, while serving COVID-19 patients with devotion, he asked her in Marathi. She said to Prime Minister that “Yes, I am concerned about my family, but one has to work. We have to serve patients in this situation. I am managing”. The Prime Minister went on to ask her if patients who are admitted in the hospital got scared. “We try and speak to them. We tell them not to get scared and assure them that nothing is going to happen to them and that their reports will come out negative,” she said.

The staff tries to boost the morale of positive patients too; she is heard saying in the audio clip. Chhaya Jagtap informed PM Modi that seven Covid- 19 have been discharged from the hospital after being cured. When Prime Minister Modi asked her if she had a message for lakhs of medical staff working tirelessly in various hospitals, she said, “There is no need to be scared. We have to drive this disease out and we have to make our country win. This should be the motto of hospitals and staff.”

The Prime Minister congratulated Ms Jagtap for her devotion and service. Modi also said to her “Like you, there are lakhs of nurses, paramedical staff, doctors, who like true ‘tapaswis’, are serving patients in various hospitals in the country right now. I would like to congratulate you. I am happy to have heard your experiences”.

“I am just doing my duty but you are serving the nation round the clock. We should be grateful to you,” she expressed her gratitude to PM. The country is fortunate to have a Prime Minister like him, she’s heard saying in the audio clip. The civic-run Naidu Hospital has been treating majority of COVID-19 patients from Pune.