Coronavirus in India: IAF helicopters shower flower petals over KIMS Hospital in Bhubaneswar
The hospital had also put up a 'thank you’ note for the armed forces for this gesture.
An Indian Air Force(IAF) chopper showered flower petals over the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences(KIMS) Hospital in Bhubaneswar.
KIMS has been one of the major hospitals treating Covid-19 patients in Odisha.
IAF helicopters showered petals as a thanking gesture from the nation to all the Covid warriors. The chopper showered petals on the front lawn of KIIT Campus near blood bank between 09:45 am to 10:30 am today.
The hospitals had also put up a 'thank you’ note for the armed forces for this gesture.
Flower petals were also showered on Ashwini Hospital in Cuttack.
KIMS Hospital founder Achyuta Samanta thanked the IAF for showing gratitude to all those serving. Samanta also thanked the frontline warriors.
"The helicopters carried out petal shower on Police War Memorial at 9 am followed by Delhi hospitals involved in providing relief to patients of Covid-19 between 10-10.30 a.m.,” the Air Force said in a statement.
"Fighter aircraft formations, comprising of the Sukhoi-30 MKI, MiG-29, and Jaguar will be flying over Rajpath, and will orbit over Delhi and will be visible to the residents of Delhi from their rooftops,” the force said earlier.
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