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ISAPL Rescues a 23 yrs young foreign national from Kaza

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments

🎖Young foreign national girl. Stuck in Kaza Valley of Himachal Pradesh. 72 hours of turmoil ends.
Today we Air Rescued someone out from KAZA (Spiti Valley of Himachal), suffering High Altitude Sickness and Gastro infection. . Youngsters embark, without acclimatization.
We rescued her thru Helicopter to a safe place. Air lifted to Manali hospital. Finally, ISAPL brought her by Air Ambulance to Delhi for Super Specialty Medical treatment. While we were concerned about her health and life. ISAPL was in the midst of a bad-weather chaos every 4-5 hours. The Air Ambulance (Chopper) movement were curtailed / diverted / stalled multiple times. Thanks to our Pilot of Helicopter (Air Ambulance) for his resilience, experience and empathy. Thanks to the Medic team who infused enough of care, affection and confidence into her

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A Midnight Mission to save a Neo-Natal

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments

When our heart starts praying and our Medical team at its best and our staff is on the toes.
Humane to Those in Distress !

We together saved the naive life of an infant tourist. Mission started at 7:00pm to transfer from Goa to Mumbai. A bed-to-Bed transfer. Special Medical team formed with neo-natal Pediatrician and a backup doctor.  2 Sets of equipment for a fail-safe mission. Our Director-Operations Ms. Poonam knows it all. Her team was just there for next 6 hours.
It had many jittery movements of transfer thru Road ambulances, Air Ambulance.  Air Ambulance landing permissions. A Remarkable coordination among 3 countries, 2 time zones, 9 agencies and some 20 odd individuals.

Yes, it was critical. Our back-up team and equipment were helpful.
Baby stabilized in Mumbai hospital for the next 12 days. Now safe at home his home country.

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Fastest Service ever; completed with Blessings!

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments

Most important element of our services are Empathy and Experience. A Foreign national died at India on Sunday morning. Family is under emotional trauma. They engage our services and request for speedy formalities and procedures etc. They want transfer of Human Remains from India to Singapore. Considering the Hospital, Govt, Police, AIIMS, High Commission, Air India, Cargo; Our promise is of 72 hours.

(For reference purposes: an Indian techie (working for the premium most IT company) died at Finland on 28-Dec. The Human Remains arrived at Delhi on 19-Jan)

But, ISAPL (An Air Ambulance company) is about ‘Humane to Those in Distress !‘

The Director-Operations Ms. Poonam Jain on her toes. Experience, connections and relations of 25 years come handy. The team expedites all the formalities, approvals, processes right over the Sunday and early Monday. ISAPL dispatches the Remains in flat 35 hrs.  The FASTEST ever by our team. Because, we understand and empathize with the grieving family.

“Thank you very much as well miss poonam. You have been a great blessing“- the Family

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Young Couple lost in the Goa Jungle

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments

Another interesting Crisis call – 04:00 am of a Sunday (mass day) morning.

A foreign national Boy and Girl are missing for the last 6 hours. In the ‘jungles of Arambol, Goa’. Last location available is a deserted Shiv Temple.

Search starts….. Locals, Police, ISAPL..    Pressure from Embassy, Family, Insurance company.

Police too is invoked. Police inform back that their search parties had failed since 11:00pm. ISAPL (Delhi HQ) draws a strategy to identify and form appropriate teams at Arambol, Goa.

Multiple teams approach the Jungle / Hill / Dam from 3 sides. Mobiles signals are pathetic. In between, we get connected to the couple. Without food / water and warm clothing. They cannot identify any landmark around. Shrill voice of the girl ‘I am hungry and tired. Exhausted. Cannot walk.’ Two hours of meticulous trekking and Tracking. The temple is empty and no one around. Searched the 400 mts periphery for traces live / injured / sick / dead….

switching between Hope and Misery…

Our Director Operations Ms. Poonam could zero down on another temple, some 2 kms away. The search parties are redirected towards that. Here is hope. One of the teams could connect with the couple and instructed them to climb down the hill thru a particular pathway. All goes well for 10 minutes as we are about to accomplish the mission. But, they loose the direction yet again. Vanished. Jitters and worrying.

All this while Police is still wandering around and seeking updates from ISAPL.

Now, Ms. Poonam, at Delhi Command Center, directs all the teams to close-in towards that location. Such an obvious looking rescue. But, then we were leveraging simple locals who are not ‘search-rescue’ trained / experienced / equipped. The mobile signals and directions had their own share. Ms. Poonam knows it the best.

Look at their smiling faces, telling the tale !

We at ISAPL “Humane to those in Distress”.

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Adventure for young – Concern for family !

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments
Here is what we are good at. Bringing smile on the faces 🙂
 

These 2 (Foreign nationals) Love birds are smiling now.

But the preceding 38 hours have been of highly anxious moments. A phone call in the evening from overseas. And the last location known. No contact for the last 3 days. No mobile connect.

Family, Insurance company and Embassy are worried and clueless.

And ISAPL Director-Operations Ms. Poonam gets into action. Structured approach, strategic steps, Team activation.

Geographical and digital search. Teaming with Police, right upto SP’s office. Checkpoints, Hospital searches, Clubs hunting, Airports, Bike renting agencies, shops, restaurants, Foreigner’s Office, Immigration, borders, CCTV, …….

Well coordinated mission; and Love Birds are brought out of their hidden nest.
The end is: Smile 🙂

Thanks to the wonderful support from the Maharashtra Police force.

Yes. Humane to those in Distress !!

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Honeymoon Curtailed !

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments

Indian newly married couple. On their Honeymoon trip at an Island in Ko Samui, Thailand.

The adventurous hubby drives around the wife on a Motorbike. All goes well, till he bangs it into a wall. Collar bones and knees fractured for self. Rib cage and Liver…..Wife too gets Collar bone fractured. Both need Emergency medical assistance and complex surgery later on. Both are admitted in the regional hospital and get the Primary care.

Their friend calls ISAPL for help. The Director Operations Ms. Poonam gets into action, as always. The ISAPL-CMO takes over the medical part of best suited Super-specialty care. And Ms. Poonam continues with the logistics of arranging the patients transfer to mainland and subsequently to Delhi.

Many options and opinions and constraints. The Infirm bodies, Continuous care, Location transfers, Budget constraints, Corona Virus. Treating doctor is not confident of patient discharge or transfer elsewhere. ISAPL-CMO assures the medical competence, equipment and care. He is simply 14 years experience in handling 100s of patient transfer cases worldwide. Logistics challenge being transfer from island to mainland. Family simply on shoe string budget. Cannot afford an Air transfer of 40 mins. Medical opinions and advises sought. Meticulously achieved thru the Ferry+Road ambulance of 8 hours.

ISAPL beat the next challenge of Bangkok to Delhi for cost and availability and feasibility. Director Operations Ms. Poonam has wide experience on it. She deputes the CMO at Bangkok to prepare the couple medically and Psychologically to be on a stretcher in a passenger flight. Meantime, Ms. Poonam pulls the strings on Indian national carrier. Could arrange for medical approvals and Engineering for Stretcher on Air India, within 18 hours; that typically demands 72-120 hours.

Rigorous planning, Multiple transfers , 4 Medical facilities, Budget; with Empathy. Couple landed safe and secured at Delhi hospital.

Another set of smiles protected by ISAPL.

Humane to Those in Distress !

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Grit of a Grandma

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments

An amazing saga !!

“My heart and soul says Poonam you are the only one who can help Gudiya to go home.  Always and forever grateful to you.” – a Grandma
“Hello Poonam, You are my hero. I just think about all the time. Thanks from heart every second for helping Gudiya to come home. Shall I call you now. With love.” – a Grandma

A baby girl born thru surrogacy at India, for Indian origin (US settled) Parents & Grandparents. Surrogate baby’s birth is registered on natural father & mother. Due to family discords, mother refuses to sign the baby’s passport application form. She laments grand parents for overruling her dissent to surrogacy. The agent had promised lots of workaround and bit of fleecing. The natural parents remain oblivious of the baby. No way out, the Grandmother shifts from US to India. Babysits for more than 1 year, in despair but hope.  Grandparents are clueless of the maze, but compassionate.
Grandparents engages Poonam. Loooooooonnnnng & many sob stories and family discords. The visible strong face is of Grandmother. She is raising the baby in an indifferent environment, all by herself.  The Grandma cries, wipes and stands up. Always strong and hopeful, polite & grateful, humble and smiling. Someone, who has been an active Stage artist; and here in dismay for so many months together. Her every visit to our office made us cry too.

Poonam is firing salvos from her 30 years experience on Citizenship / Family matters.  Baby is growing almost 15 months. Each legal process is falling apart. Family mediation failing. Diminishing options.

And we enter the Covid-19 era. Flights freeze, embassies scuttle to handle emergencies. Departments close. Lockdown at India. No hope for next 3-4 months to even resubmit the application or affidavits or…… Remaining strong, the Grandma. With the baby in lap, she is hopeful and positive.

Poonam has not given up yet. Her brain is spinning. Just 2 more emails. Lo and behold; baby gets approval for US passport. Excitement, but no means to travel back to US. No one has handled Covid like situation before, but professional like Poonam knows what-when-where-how.

During this COVID lockdown, baby and Grandma arrive at LA.

Ofcourse the compassion and professionalism of Poonam did the magic.

But, the backbone of this case was GRIT of the Grandma. We SALUTE her !!
(May good sense prevail on the Natural parents)

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Special permission needed to Enter Ukraine

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments
Many families have impending Surrogacy plans at Ukraine and need to travel in. ISOS’s Ms. Poonam has been keeping a close watch. She could facilitate the travels even during severe lockdown during June-July…..

 

Recent news:
The Cabinet of Ministers has temporarily closed the entrance to Ukraine for foreigners: who is planned to be allowed
The decision is valid from 00:00 on August 29 to 00:00 on September 28.
The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to temporarily ban foreigners from entering Ukraine until September 28, except for certain categories of citizens.
According to an UNIAN correspondent, the decision was made today at a government meeting.
“In order to prevent the spread of the second wave of COVID-19 in Ukraine … For the duration of the quarantine to temporarily prohibit the entry into Ukraine of foreigners and stateless persons, except for certain categories of persons,” said Interior Minister Arsen Avakov before the decision. .
Who will be allowed to enter Ukraine
According to Avakov, for the duration of the quarantine entry is prohibited to foreign nationals.
Quarantine in Ukraine: what is known
· Today, the Cabinet of Ministers extended the adaptive quarantine in Ukraine until November 1.
· From August 1, adaptive quarantine in Ukraine provides for the division of all regions into four zones – “green”, “yellow”, “orange” and “red”, depending on the epidemiological situation in each individual.
Different quarantine restrictions have been established in each of the epidemiological zones. The mildest – in the “green” zone, the strictest bans await the regions of the “red” zone.
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Serving during the Global Crisis

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments

“Madam, Body has finally reached n received by family. My family joins me in thanking you for your all efforts n endeavours, to ensure the repatriation of my brother in law. It was a herculean task, in current on-going COVID situation & we are in quandary. You took stock of situation & handled it very diligently. Thanks again🙏 God Bless You🙏🙏”

Above are the words from a Canadian  family (of Indian origin), who’s member demised at Armenia. Covid made the matter complex for family. They struggled for many days, before reaching out to ISAPL. The Civic Agencies, Airports, Transport, Hospitals, Airlines were not at their best. ISAPL’s Director-Operations, Ms. Poonam has vast experience of 30+ years in Immigration and Emergency handling in extreme situations of Earthquake, Tsunami, Air Crash, Road Crash etc. But, this Covid Lockdowns are a new challenges.

There are revised and multiple guidelines from all agencies to handle the Death Remains during Covid times. Top it with 4 countries transfers involved: Armenia, Russia, USA and Canada.
Poonam’s experience in Disaster Management and alignment to Red Cross Foundation for Psychosocial Support in Emergencies.
Poonam’s partner Mr. Sanjay’s experience in International Business & WHO’s certification on health emergencies during Covid-19 were beneficial in these times.
A 10 days mission. Medical clearances, Police approvals, Immigration permission, packing and health certificates, Road transfers, Air transfers, Coordination among India, Armenia & Canada. Loads of documents and approvals and compliance. Meticulous coordination and Minute tracking by the Operations Manager Mr. Ankur and Empathy filled updates to the family.

We do what we are meant for “Humane to Those in Distress !”

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Covid times Air-Transfer

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments

An 87 years old Canadian lady lost her son, while together visiting India. Over with his cremation, she was devastated, deplorable and drained. Further isolated during Covid Lockdown. She was fragile and unable to return back to Canada due to limited flights.

The pain gets compounded when she got admitted to Hospital for Parkinson, AKI, and Hypercalcaemia etc. She required Intensive Care (ICU) for many days. The family at Canada was concerned. They wanted her to be shifted to Canada for better care.

ISAPL received the request. Considering her medical situation, Covid scare, lockdown regulations and limited flights; ISAPL team huddled under the leadership of Director-Operations Ms. Poonam.

ISAPL medical team evaluated the condition, in consultation to Treating doctors. A 5-days monitoring and stabilizing process started. Meantime, Logistics team started working on Air transfer arrangements. Options were Air Charter ambulance & Stretcher on commercial airlines. The team went ahead getting permissions and clearances from Canadian High Commission, Ottawa HQ and Toronto authorities for this special transfer during Covid.

The medication, equipments and Medic team was formed for a 9 hrs drive from hospital to International Airport. And the 14 hrs non-stop flight from Delhi to Toronto.

The Medical team closely monitored the patient condition and revised medications for Parkinson & AKI. Conducted Covid tests. Simultaneously, Ms. Poonam and family built her emotional confidence. Results were encouraging. Her medical condition improved. It was decided to move her in Business Class; with Oxygen, Catheter etc. This was a big cost and time saver for the family.

ISAPL had to work thru various offices and channels to get special permission for Emergency visa (without Biometrics) for the Dr. Considering travel embargo and stringent Quarantine rules both at India & Toronto; there were enough blockades that Ms. Poonam sorted thru special exemptions and permissions.

The ISAPL kept family well assured while handling the challenges both at Delhi Departure and Toronto arrival.

ISAPL adds another success story !

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Ms. Poonam Jain of *International Star Overseas Services*-Startup of the year 2020

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments

Ms. Poonam Jain of M/s International Star Overseas Services (ISOS) has won its international award.

Women in Business and Professions World Awards-2020

(RECOGNIZING WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD)

Category:                Startup of the Year | Consumer Services

Rank:                      Silver

Motto:                     Growing with the Families, exponentially.

Judges’ remarks:

  • In a word: Outstanding! Great example of community service project. Well done team!
  • Poonam is driving a large number of strategies for International Star Overseas Services from the front to encourage, ultimately benefit clients around the world.
  • A unique concept in an underplayed arena.
  • Something never heard of. Amazing & Astonishing.
  • To be able to work in a field with no formal education in that arena and to be successful in field needing empathy is a remarkable feet.

Helping new families, Globally !

Founded in 2017, International Star Overseas Services (ISOS) is a boutique consulting firm. We are a woman founded, funded, owned and operated company. We facilitate primarily the Women who have been thru difficult phase of reproduction challenges and decide to do adoption or surrogacy in a non-resident country; for various reasons of privacy, technology, culture, cost etc.

ISOS helps clients (Intending Parents – IPs) worldwide: Baby Adoption, Surrogacy and Embryology advice, New Born’s Citizenship, Immigration and Country Exit, Legal advice and Document Attestation, Representation at Embassies & State Departments.

As Founder-Director of ISOS, Ms. Poonam Jain is the go-to person for the IPs (Single, Hetro or Homo) desiring to have a baby either thru Adoption or Surrogacy; globally. She has been part of the Surrogacy and Adoption Policy & Cases of few Govt departments. Poonam has meritorious 22yrs experience of American Citizen Assistance Services at U.S. Embassy, New Delhi.

Poonam manages the ISOS Operations, Strategic Marketing and Thought Leadership from home-offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Melbourne, Kiev, and Toronto.  Her Compassionate nature is the key to services related to Clinic Selection, Frozen Embryo Transport, Agreements & Baby citizenship and Baby Passport. Poonam has helped some 500+ IPs from 34+ countries

Since each country has multiple departments and regulations around foreign nationals making (surrogacy) baby in their country. Poonam actively interacts with the various Government Departments and the relevant Ministries to understand the requirements and pursue the cases. She arranges necessary documents from the Clinic, expedited DNA Testing, Interpreting Government laws, comforting the family stay, coordination with Country of origin etc. She meticulously prepares each case file with reams of documents around legalities. She does all this, not being a lawyer by qualification. Consulates appreciate the meticulous job done and process the applications faster. Poonam expedites the Approvals, permissions, consents and arranges for IPs leaving country in 50% less time than planned. This saves IPs of:

  • huge money on expenditure staying put in surrogacy country,
  • cost of loosing earning being away from their home country,
  • Anxiety of taking the much awaited newborn baby to home country sooner

Poonam’s innovative business model is supported by the guiding principles:

–Empathy first; Happiness over processes

–Simplified documentation and interactions with IPs and govt agencies

–Create a culture of ‘family support’ to the IPs

–Build an industry network that can be leveraged to expedite the IPs journey.

At ISOS, Poonam’s mission is to help as many families to carry the legacy. Poonam is an ‘Invitee’ to many conferences, forums and meetings to streamline the Pre & Post ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology). Poonam is experienced in Baby (Child) Adoption, both at India and many other countries.

Since 2017 ban of Surrogacy at India, many IPs had their embryos frozen in various clinics. Their Surrogacy journey got halted indefinitely. In early 2019, Poonam could secure the First Ever path breaking permission from Indian Council of Medical Research to export the Frozen Embryos.  This opened gates for all the IPs to transfer their pre-processed Frozen Embryos from India into other countries.

  • 3x revenue growth YoY since founded. Business structure and revenue model that allows ISOS to grow while maintaining high-empathy Service.
  • Headquartered at India, serving nationals of 34+ countries, ISOS is truly GLOBAL company. Received 100s of gratitude and thanking notes from IPs.
  • 100% business is thru Word-of-Mouth marketing by the past customers
  • The services and help continued during Covid lockdown times:
    • Helped families continue / conclude their Surrogacy journey at Australia, Kenya & Ukraine. Created alternate paths / detour for their journey, travels, Legal formalities, Documentation, Medical Tests etc.
    • Successfully accomplished Adoption & Canadian Citizenship.
    • Expanded the network and markets by another 2 countries
  • Poonam continues to be distinctive and resourceful of its kind of Services in the world. Her clients get preferential treatment everywhere
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Ms. Poonam-ISAPL-Handling medical Emergencies, Globally

Apr 18, 2022 by admin 0 Comments

Ms. Poonam Jain of M/s International Star Assistance Pvt Ltd. (ISAPL) has won yet another international award.

Women in Business and Professions World Awards-2020

(RECOGNIZING WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD)

Category:                Health Care and Medical Hero of the Year

Rank:                      GOLD

Motto:                     Handling medical Emergencies, Globally

 

Handling Medical Emergencies, Globally:

Indian government announced a hard-lockdown, with just 4 hours notice. Flights, Hospitals, Embassies, transport, Offices came to grinding halt. People movement was prohibited, with penalty on opening ANY office. Both medical and logistics services were snapped leading to an utter confusion and distress all around.

International Star Assistance Pvt Ltd. (ISAPL) being a global company for Medical Emergency, were amidst many cases. The Director-Operations, Ms. Poonam Jain, decided to stand up and continue the services. As per Poonam ‘People need us more now’. Leading from the front, her Operations team was up and running overnight.

Operations

  1. Having worked globally; Poonam activated the ‘Work From Home’, as per the Business Continuity Plan.
  2. She activated the call diversions and hunting mode for 24×7 Alarm Centre.
  3. Established 100% normal communication channels (emails, phones, chats)
  4. The process books and data backups were leveraged for formats, tools, accounting etc.
  5. Learning from the lockdown and business criticality, Poonam relentlessly worked on refining the policy / procedures to conclude the Audits. Finally achieve the ISO 9001-2015 Certification for SEARCH & RESCUE, AIR EVACUATION, AIR AMBULANCE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE & ESCORT, and TRANSPORTATION OF HUMAN REMAINS
  6. Poonam prepared for the eventuality of any existing staff getting infected of Covid-19. She hired professionals to expand Support team by another 60%

Medical Assistance

  • Poonam could envisage an immediate need for otherwise non-existent network and ecosystem for ‘Tele Medicine and counselling’.
  • Arranged Psychiatrist counselling sessions for foreign nationals stranded at India.
  • Poonam has established a team of Medics-paramedics for ‘home visit’, fully geared in PPE kits to provide Primary care for Covid-19 affected. An elaborate ‘Quarantine and monitoring’ was drawn in consultations with Doctors and learning from Medical agencies.
  • In miraculous feet, Poonam arranged Air transfer of Human remains from Covid locked Eastern Europe to Canada; while all along being at home (Delhi, India). It was a unique multi-mode, multicounty mission.
  • When everyone was losing peace, Poonam utilized the Covid-19 lockdown as an opportunity to seek overdue citizenship and immigration transfer of an Infant born in India 2 years back. US govt granted a ‘special case’ approval for Infant to reach home-US. Poonam went further ahead to arrange a seat in special flight of India-US for stranded. All this while coordinating with Washington.
  • Poonam leveraged her experience at US Embassy during Anthrax scare days to prepare SOPs for Embassies’ readiness for Covid handling
  • Poonam could fill the gap on Service provider for Air Charter; by leveraging network in Spain and Eastern Europe.
  • When clients / expats were concerned about availability of Super specialty Hospital for Covid-19 treatment, Poonam arranged assured & preferred services to them.
  • Quickly coached and guided the newly inducted staff, straight in a Work-from-Home mode, with devices, emails, phones working within 6 hours.
  • Received appreciation and publicity for conducting Covid awareness sessions among the Residential communities. Arranged groceries and medical help for the aged / isolated.

Team Learning:

  1. Ms. Poonam preferred to certify herself: International Red Cross’s course on “Restoring Family Links & Psychosocial Support in Emergency”
  2. Encouraged and coached Network Manager – Mr. Ankur Sharma certify himself: WHO’s “Health Emergency Program on Covid-19”
  3. Operations Manager – Mr. Deepak Rai learnt the nuances of Health and Travel Insurance
  4. Under Poonam’s mentoring, the complete Operations team was on feet 110% time. They felt more resourceful than before. The happiness and engagement was overwhelming. Poonam ensured a more than normal client communication. Team worked more cohesively and compassionate to those in need.
  5. Poonam’s empathetic approach is both consolation and reassuring to those in distress. She has happily handled the grief, anxiety and concerns of others. She brought few smiles back. During the severe Covid-19 outbreak, Poonam did lower her guards to take better care of fellow human beings.
  6. Under Poonam’s leadership, ISAPL stayed true to the company motto: Humane to Those in Distress!

Summary:

  1. Poonam exhibited resilience & mellowness in such unpredicted circumstances. She heroically led from front to dispel panic and nervousness among client & society. Arranged Psychiatric video sessions for mental health of stranded & isolated expats.
  2. During hard lockdown of cities, offices, state borders, Airlines & transport Poonam arranged logistics, permissions, and devices for team to operate 24×7. They remained cheerful & healthy in ghost towns; when everyone else had dithered.
  3. Poonam pragmatically handled emergency of others, even during scary Covid-19 lockdowns; assuring and providing food, medicines and Medical help.