Daijiworld Media Network- Mangaluru (VP)
Mangaluru, May 1: On the ocasion of Labour Day, the UXCEL, Roshni Nilaya, Rotary Club Inner Wheel Clubs North and South, Lions Club Spoorthi, Mangalore Community held a honouring ceremony of Mangaluru Rickshaw Drivers above 55 years on Wednesday, May 1 at Roshni Nilaya College, Mangaluru.
Present on this occasion, Dr Jacinta D'Souza, former principal, School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, expressed joy and said that, "A lot of joy and hope is spreading across the room and it's a greater gesture to felicitate auto drivers and their service of taking commuters to their destination in all kinds of weather and doing job selflessly and I have seen that auto drivers while dropping a patient to hospital takes utmost care and show compassion towards patient and this will be rewarded to them in future. I congratulate UXCEL for felicitating auto drivers and the Workers Day is also recognised across the world."
Also present on this occasion, Dr A G Jayakrishna, chief cardiothoracic surgeon, Omega Hospital explained that, "If a person's heart stops you wil get three minutes to save his life and there won't be much time to think over it and you have to act immediately. Even if you save a person then it will benefit those individuals and their family. Saving someone's life is a god's gift and there won't be a chance of saving everyone but we should do our work of helping those who need help."
Also present on this occasion Ashok, president, Rickshaw Drivers Association, said that, "You will only get to know the value of Mangaluru rickshaw drivers only if you leave the City. The amount of people who try to loot their customers who tries to mislead by charging more is common in other places and in that the auto drivers of Mangaluru are way better than in other places where you' wil find 1-2 good auto drivers but in Mangaluru out of 100, 99 auto drivers are good and humble human beings.
Even if an outsider comes to Mangaluru they will not think of cheating him, today along with Omega Hospital we have organised to teach auto drivers about life saving first aid treatment, since those are the people who are always on road and hence teaching them how to save people will really benefit the people."
On this occasion, Dr J N Bhat of Omega Hospital held a First Aid demonstration and explained to the auto drivers regarding CPR and other first aid treatments.
The vote of thanks was delivered by Rita Pinto while Dr Malini Hebbar and Prof Maria Phyllis D'Costa, director, UXCEL emceed. The guests of honour of this occasion were Rtn Harshakar, president, Rotary Club, Mangaluru South; Ashok, Bharath Kumar, secretary, Rickshaw Drivers Association; Geetha Rai, president Inner Wheel Club of Mangaluru North and others were present.