god bless doctors meal while you heal a campaign initiated by citybased samaritans is an effort to comfort and support punes frontline workers doctors under which the health workers are provided snack kits with the increasing count of covid positive patients the pressure on doctors and other healthcare workers is mounting everyday be it working for long working hours in suffocating ppe suits or staying away from families for over four months now or and spending time in quarantine after duty hours for frontline doctors working in covid wards has been physically and mentally daunting especially for resident doctors at government hospitalsthe team of god bless doctors meal while you healsince the march the doctors in pune including those working at sassoon hospital have been carrying out their duties with selflessly to save people while risking their own lives knowing the situation of resident doctors i had a strong desire to do something or support them in my own little way with the help of my five friends jaee ganu jayashree sreeram devika khandekar medha juvekar mohini limaye we started the god bless doctors meal while you heal initiative says kalyani tokekar who is spearheading the initiative kalyani who is also an ace runner says we started working on providing healthy and tasty snack kits to doctors on covid duty on a weekly basis we are coordinating with dr mohsin khan and dr prashant munde secretary mard maharashtra association of resident doctors from bj medical college and sassoon hospital respectively who have been extremely warm and supportive so far we have been able to provide snack kits at sassoon hospital for 11 weeks now in every round snack kits are sent to all 230 doctors on covid duty who spent their time in quarantine post duty hoursnot just the delightful taste of the snacks that has been receiving praises but also the gesture and efforts of the teams members which has been lauded by people from all walks of life its not about whether doctors can afford snacks or not currently they cant go out after their shift is over as they need to be in quarantine after working in high risk covid wards the snack kit is just token of gratitude from us says kalyani people who wanted to do their bit contributed for the the kits which include snacks fruits dry fruits and juices weve recently started sending snacks kits to 110 doctors on covid duty at ycm government hospital pimpri we are supporting 340 doctors in pune and pcmc area with continued support of fund contributors and local food companies we have managed to send 2530 snack kits 360 kg fruits 16 kg dry fruits 1380 juice packs to punes frontline doctors till july 5 few societies office groups and social groups have sent donations enough too adds kalyani the group aims at providing snack kits to doctors even throughout july and august for rakshabandhan we are planning a special celebration with corona warriors