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STORIES OF BRAVE VOLUNTEERS OF AADM

When a bomb shattered the tranquil lanes of Koregaon Park, there were some who came to the rescue of those injured in the blast.Here are the stories of these brave women and men - STORIES OF BRAVE VOLUNTEERS OF ANIRUDDHA'S ACADEMY OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT....

Following is the extract from the news article that was published in the Monday, 15th February 2010 issue of Pune Mirror.

- While the bomb blast sent waves of panic and shock all across the city, there were a few brave men and women who jumped in and saved the lives of those who were injured in the blast that tore through German Bakery on Saturday.

Among the many saviours, were volunteers of Aniruddha’s Academy of Disaster Management. They rushed to Sassoon Hospital and helped the police with internal crowd management and administration, to help them contact relatives of those injured and assisted nurses and staff in shift ing the patients to the general ward and ICU. The group also guided people who had to go to the scanning, sonography and X ray departments. Jagdishsinh Patil, who headed the group of 19 said, “We guided almost 45 people to the different wards. We also spoke to patients and helped them contact their relatives and vice versa.”

Sapnaveera Sawant, was one of the nineteen members of this group, who assisted the police, administration, nurses and staff of Sassoon Hospital in shifting the casualties from one ward to another and controlling the chaos that ensued at the hospital after the blast occurred. She stopped panicked relatives and friends of people from running into the hospital and causing more confusion.

“There was this waiter at German Bakery called Paras from Nepal. We met him at Sassoon, he was injured and bleeding. He told us that he saw a black bag under a table inside the bakery. He went to inform the manager at the counter and started serving water. This was when the explosion took place which prompted him to run out of the Bakery.”

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