Techies tidy up MCH

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A few wards of the Medical College Hospital here received some much-needed help, that too from an unexpected quarter on Sunday when techies from Sanjeevani, the charity wing of Infosys, descended on the hospital with scrubbing machines, brooms and cleaning lotions. The group, which began work at 8.30 am, continued till 2.30 am, cleaning up, mopping and tidying up the fourth ward entirely, and parts of wards one, two and three as well.

Nine women and 13 men comprised the group of software engineers who took up the voluntary service on part of Sanjeevani, which had carried out a similar mission in the MCH last year. The efforts would continue, they said. Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar, who paid a visit to the hospital while the cleaning service was on, appreciated the efforts, and called upon other organisations to come forward for similar work.