Bravo: WB Doctor drives 540 km in coronavirus lockdown to reach poor patient home
The doctor drove 540 km amidst the lockdown to reach a poverty-stricken family to their residence in a Birbhum district remote village.;
Kolkata: The milk of human kindness continues to flow from the heart despite the global gloom over the Covid-19 pandemic.
A doctor drove 540 km amidst the lockdown to reach a poverty-stricken family to their residence in a Birbhum district remote village.
Rajesh Baske, a daily labourer in a stone quarry, had come all the way to SSKM Hospital from the tribal dominated Shulunga village, about 270 km from Kolkata, along with his wife for the treatment of their eight-year old daughter Angela last month.
But they got stuck in the Covid 19 induced lockdown and were forced to spend two days in the hospital premises.
Bablu Sardar, a resident anaesthesiologist of the hospital, came to know of the family's plight from another doctor.
In spite of repeated efforts, no ambulance or any other car was available for ferrying the Baskes. A couple of ambulance drivers demanded an astronomical amount, which was beyond the means of the poor family.
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