Sushma helps out German patient in Kolkata hospital
said, “Our government is committed to a clean Devbhumi. You are requested to extend your cooperation in keeping Devbhumi clean.”
Sharing a few photographs of a cleaning drive of river Rispana in Dehradun, Rawat made a public appeal: “Following issue raised by Gayatri you are requested to tweet about the efforts made you under Swachh Bharat Mission.”
He asked the people to share photographs and names of the localities where cleanliness drives were carried out by them as this will motivate others to contribute too.
Referring to Gayatri’s claim that she had taken part in several cleanliness drives to remove garbage from Rispana that is flowing close to her home, the chief minister said in another tweet: “It’s clear from Gayatri’s message that she brought the cleanliness issue to the fore and fought for it.”
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday offered help to a German patient, who was cured of a lung disease in a Kolkata hospital, to return home following a plea on social media.
Holzer Dieter Siegeried, 79, who was brought to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata with a lung disease, has been cured and is now awaiting his return to Germany.
Siegeried does not speak English and an appeal on Twitter said the German embassy had been informed but no one had come to receive him.
“79 yr old German patient, can’t speak English, cured & fit to discharge now. No one to pick him up. Details below. Help?” @BarbieGiri tweeted.
“It would be great if we can reach the embassy or some NGO to assist him back home in Germany,” the message read.
To this, Swaraj tweeted: “We are taking this up with the German Embassy.” IANS