Plant sapling: Maha doctor writes special prescription to patients amid oxygen crisis
As per the practice, his medical prescription carries a footnote that asks his patients to plant a sapling after recovering from an ailment.
Thane: In view of the shortage of medical oxygen being faced at present, a doctor in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra has started urging his patients to plant a sapling each - his special prescription to them in addition to medicines.
Dr Komal Kasar, who runs Sanjeevani Hospital in Ahmednagar, has been following this practice since the last one month.
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As per the practice, his medical prescription carries a footnote that asks his patients to plant a sapling after recovering from an ailment.
'Amid the pandemic, I had been receiving calls for Remdesivir, ventilators. A few days back, I also started getting calls for oxygen supply. This triggered an idea in my mind. I started writing a line at the bottom of my medical prescriptions through which I urge patients to plant a sapling as they give oxygen,' he said.
He said he later got a rubber stamp of this message made to save himself from the trouble of writing it.
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