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 Letter Published in The National UAE on 13 May 21India needs more people like Jitendra ShindeI write to you with regard to Sanket Jain's article India's Covid-19 crisis: rickshaw driver gives free hospital trips to thousands (May 5): it was really touching to read the humanity displayed by the rickshaw driver, Jitendra Shinde. People are afraid of mingling with Covid-19 patients and here he is, taking them to hospital, at his own cost, risking his own health.Mr Shinde has rendered remarkable yeoman services to thousands of passengers, especially Covid-19 patients and their relatives, to take them to hospitals. Such people are rare. His services to humanity in a time like this is remarkable. He too is a front-line worker. And that so far he has not turned away a single passenger is a humbling thought. It makes one grateful for people like him.Very few will have such a social consciousness and voluntarily come forward to help. He is one one such and a thousand kudos to people like him. The country, more than ever, needs more Jitendra Shindes.K Ragavan, Bengaluru, India