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Fremont Gurdwara organizes Swine
Flu shots for community
Satnam Singh
Khalsa
 FREMONT:
In
order to take preventive steps against the much-feared affliction,
Swine Flu shots were administered on February 7, Sunday, to members
of the sangat at Gurdwara Sahib, Fremont. Calfornia Disease Control
(CDL) has declared Swine Flu as a pandemic disease that originates
from animals and spreads from humans to humans. People are dying
daily because of this disease and in the US only, some 400 have
succumbed to this disease. More than 100 deaths have occurred in
California alone.
 The exercise to
administer the Swine Flu shots started at
11 am and went
on till 3:30 pm. First the community members were asked to fill a
form. May volunteers came forward from within the community to help
out in this venture. Alameda County’s registered nurse Cathy and
gurughar’s dedicated servant Bibi Narinder Kaur led the effort. Bibi
ji herself is a registered nurse in
California.
Also lending a hand was Ashok Tangri who is well known for his
contribution in the cultural domain of Punjabi and Hindi films and
in theatre. Students of University of California, Berkeley and
University of East Bay were also serving with great enthusiasm. UC
Berkeley’s pre-medical student Yuxuan Dang said he felt nice at
being part of the venture and it is also serving as a learning
experience.
 Mount
Eden High School’s 17-year-old Karman Singh said it was a matter of
pride that the community leaders thought it fit to make the gurdwara
a part of such social activity for the health of the community
members. East Palo Alto Middle School’s 11-year-old Amanjit Singh
moved around with a donation box in hand, gathering funds for
Alameda County. Fremont resident Jaswinder Singh who was there to
get vaccinated his 11-month-old kid thanked the organizers.
Hayward’s Prakash Kaur and her son Gagandeep Singh said they have
been trying for a long time now but these shots were just not
available. Bibi Narinder Kaur, who has been teaching at the CNP
College of Nursing for some 11 years said it was a matter of pride
that the Gurdwara was
so integrated
with the well being of the community. She said the
H1-N1 Swine flu
shots help keep the disease at bay up to a factor of 95 to 98 per
cent, and the best part was that there was no side effect.
Guru Ghar’s
chief sewadar Bhai Harjot Singh thanked all those volunteer sewadars
who worked untiringly throughout the exercise. He said a Gurdwara’s
role does not end with mere Path and Kirtan and it must be an
integral part of the social life of the community. That is why the
Fremont Gurdwara managers organized such a venture.
10
February 2010
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