he saiddirector arindam sil who has also been witnessing such acts of kindness in his complex near ruby said that helpful residents are stepping up to help each other on their own the best part is we have never asked anyone to help people are doing it voluntarily by making small efforts like buying vegetables bread and butter for the isolated members this is a very nice and comforting feeling now i know that i am not alone and there are at least 100 people out there to help me in case i fall sick he saidvaccination covid care facilities for residents staffnot just providing groceries neighbourhoods and complexes are organising vaccination drives as well the residents are making all the necessary arrangements by using their contacts and sources in complexes the security personnel gardeners and domestic helps too are getting the jabs along with residents while a new garia complex recently hosted such a drive a residential complex near ruby is planning to create a special covid care facility on the premisesfashion designer abhisek roy who lives near jayashree park in behala recently put up a post on social media saying he would be happy to ferry people in his car to reach the hospital or buy medicines ever since he has been flooded with calls seeking help to buy not just medicines but also groceries and food suddenly the entire kolkata has become my para and trust me this is a great feeling since i have enough ppe kits i dont mind taking covid patients to hospitals recently i took an elderly couple to a vaccination centre and dropped them back to their house im happy to help he told usjust like abhisek several kolkatans are coming to the rescue of strangers on humanitarian grounds bijoygarhs milan kumar das was away when his fathers oxygen saturation dropped to 62 i was in a state of utter panic then i received a number from a source and called on that i was asked to send a photo of the pulse oximetry reading and within half an hour a group of young people reached my dad with oxygen i am indebted to those youngsters for saving my fathers life he said