Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday that the Delhi government has chosen to propose to the Centre the names of ILBS Director Dr. SK Sarin, LNJP Medical Director Dr Suresh Kumar, and Max Healthcare Clinical Director (Internal Medicine) Sandeep Budhiraja for Padma Awards.

The names of the three medical experts were chosen from a list of 740 names submitted by 9,427 individuals who replied to the Delhi government's request for suggestions, according to Kejriwal. The names were chosen by a committee chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, with Chief Secretary Vijay Dev and Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar as members.

Dr Sarin, who was part of the Delhi government’s expert committee on Covid management, operationalized the “world’s first plasma bank, which came to the aid of many people." Dr Kumar of LNJP Hospital, which has treated 20,500 Covid patients which is among the highest in the country. He started a unique initiative that enabled attendants and patients to interact over video-conferencing, which helped particularly those who don’t own smartphones. Dr Budhiraja, in his leadership capacity, treated not just Delhiites, but patients from across north India, the CM said, adding that plasma therapy was also started by him first.

CM Kejriwal said “The doctors and paramedics served us selflessly during the entire pandemic, putting their own lives at risk. It is time to honor them. The second plasma bank and genome sequencing facility were opened at LNJP, which had 50 ICU beds when the pandemic started and has 900 today. As many as 627 deliveries took place in the hospital including 266 C-sections."

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