This story is from May 13, 2021

Perfume trader distributes coconut water to Covid patients

Perfume trader distributes coconut water to Covid patients
Trivedi and his team currently distributes 450 bottles in Sir T Hospital
Rajkot: Jaydev Trivedi (34), a perfume trader in Bhavnagar has started distributing coconut water free-of-cost to the Covid patients in the city for the last two weeks. He started with 100 bottles and now is distributing 800 bottles every day with help of volunteers involved in home delivery services.
Trivedi, whose shop is closed on account of Covid related restrictions, gets the coconut water in powder form from Mumbai and mixes it with water and packs it in small 200 ml bottles.

Talking to TOI Trivedi said, “During the second wave entire family gets infected at a time. The price of a green coconut about Rs 70, which a middle-class family can’t afford to buy 6-10 per day. So I decided to start this service.”
According to Trivedi, for him, the cost per bottle came to Rs 18. He has got half a dozen volunteers, who distribute it at their own cost.
Trivedi and his team currently distributes 450 bottles in Sir T Hospital and 350 in other government health facilities and Covid care centres.
“I have put the banners outside Sir T Hospital and other public places with a phone number where any Covid patient who wants coconut water can register himself before 11am every day with their address and other details.”
Trivedi said that he was in need of more volunteers for packaging and distribution.
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