Coimbatore: The Coimbatore collector has issued a set of orders meant to ease the troubles faced by elderly people in public places. He has instructed officials to ensure that there are wheel chairs along with ramps in banks, hospitals, post offices and government offices.
Collector G S Sameeran had issued the orders after holding a virtual interaction with senior citizens on the problems they face and suggestions to eliminate the hassles.
Based on the feedback from the senior citizens, Sameeran also instructed deployment of a staff in all government offices to help elderly people when they visit seeking help.
Government buses should halt wherever elderly people want to board or deboard irrespective of the designated stops.
Sixty-three-year-old N C Alamedu, who got her first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 on the very first day it was opened for senior citizens, is hopeful of returning to her pre-Covid social life after the second dose in another two weeks. She decided to get the jab, as she plans to host and attend a few functions in April and May.
Alamedu, from Kovaipudur, was one of the 157 people who came to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) to get inoculated. While 124 of them were above 60 years, 33 of them were aged between 45 and 60 years. The oldest beneficiary was aged 89 years. It was also a day when most people preferred Covishield to Covaxin.