At a time when many general practitioners (GP) have been forced to keep their clinics shut due to the ongoing pandemic, Kolhapur has a different story to tell. GPs are functioning as usual as nearly 1,000 medicos in this region have been provided with PPE kits."

Around 30 doctors from the region came together and started a community clinic in order to provide free consultation, diagnosis and medicine to the needy and poor. This group of doctors, after practising at their private clinics, used to volunteer two hours every day to serve the weaker section of society. But, with everything coming to a halt in the lockdown, this clinic service, too, was affected.