In the presence of Keyur Rokadia, Mayor of Vadodara, and dignitaries in a ceremony to acknowledge the noble spirit of Tera Tujko Arpan, Shri Arvindrai Keshavlal Vaishnava Charitable Trust handed over a large plot of land in Sayaji Hospital premises for state’s first ambulance co-fire service center.
Notably, the state government had given this land to the trust in 1999 for the activities of the ambulance service center. The trust operated the ambulance service for 22 years.
Due to increase in work load because of COVID, fires have been frequent in hospitals due to continuous use of AC and other devices. The Arvindrai Trust has returned the land to facilitate the setting up of a firefighting center in the premises of the largest government hospital in Central Gujarat to help reduce the impact of these fires.
Lt. Arvindrai Vaishnav had started a fire fighting service with horse-drawn steam engines and tanks, along with 5 employees in the city and led it for 42 years. He had also developed a huge headquarter at Dandiabazar. Apart from this, he also helped guide the large scale industries around Vadodara in starting fire fighting services.
The Vaishnav family will continue to be helpful to the city in times of need as per the tradition established by Arvindrai. Mayor Keyur Rokadia said that this family has always contributed to the works of the city. Arvindrai has carried forward the service heritage of Lt. Arvindrai Vaishnav. As the first citizen of the city, he thanked the trust for paving the way for setting up a fire-fighting service center at the Sayaji Hospital premises.
Expressing heartfelt thanks to the trust on behalf of the Sayaji Hospital family, Dr. Ranjan Aiyar, Medical Superintendent, Sayaji Hospital, said that this is a motivating example of Tera Tujko Arpan. He expressed the feeling that they won the trust of people by providing health services during COVID and Mucormycosis.
On this occasion, the letter of blessing of Pujya Moraribapu was read to facilitate the re-transfer of land with the building to Sayaji Hospital by the trust. Dr. Vijay Shah and the trust also thanked Jagdishbhai Patel, former Chairman of Vadodara District Panchayat for the great help to start this centre.
