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Home / News / India News / COVID-19: Bhopal autorickshaw driver turns his vehicle into free ambulance
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COVID-19: Bhopal autorickshaw driver turns his vehicle into free ambulance

COVID-19: Bhopal autorickshaw driver turns his vehicle into free ambulance
Written by Sagar
Apr 30, 2021, 11:52 pm 3 min read
COVID-19: Bhopal autorickshaw driver turns his vehicle into free ambulance

In a heart-warming story that restores our faith in humanity, an autorickshaw driver from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh has converted his three-wheeler vehicle into an ambulance, complete with oxygen support. Javed Khan, 34, has been ferrying patients to and from hospitals in the city for more than two weeks now, without charging them a penny. Here's more on this.

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'Could not sit at home seeing people's suffering'

According to a report by The Times of India, Khan has helped eight to 10 people in just last three days. He said he could not sit at home seeing people's suffering. "Though no one has been infected in my family, I was very disturbed by the rising death toll and wanted to do something about it with the resources I have," he said.

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Khan installed oxygen cylinder, put sanitizers in auto

Khan, who has been driving autos for 18 years, said the deed was his family's idea. He has installed an oxygen cylinder in the three-wheeler, and put sanitizers and medicines in it. He also stopped accepting passengers so he can devote all his time to the needy. Khan has put information about the service on social media and urged other drivers to join him.

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Here is a video of Khan's auto

An auto-rickshaw driver, Javed Khan, in Bhopal converted his auto into an ambulance, complete with oxygen, and serves people for free
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Expenses
'My priority is to save people'

Khan said he sold his wife's gold locket to manage the expenses. He spends around Rs. 600 every day filling up the oxygen cylinder. "Buying the oxygen is a cumbersome task. I have to wait for 4-5 hours to get the cylinder refilled." He said he would continue serving people even if he has to borrow money. "My priority is to save the people."

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'He came like an angel to us'

Sulekha Prabahwalkar, who availed Khan's auto service to get her husband hospitalized, calls him an "angel." "On April 26, I was running from pillar to post to get my husband hospitalized for COVID-19. There was no ambulance available. We took Javed bhai's help. We had to go to several hospitals to find a bed but he didn't take even a paisa," she told TOI.

Situation
Several states face shortage of ambulances amid COVID-19 surge

Several states across India have been facing an acute shortage of ambulances, medical oxygen, and other basic facilities as the country has been gripped by a dreadful second wave of the pandemic. In the last 24 hours, India reported 3.86 lakh fresh infections - the highest-ever one-day surge for any nation. 3,498 more fatalities took the death toll past 2.08 lakh.

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Sagar covers national news for NewsBytes. He has previously worked as an editorial intern at NDTV. Over the course of his near three-year career, Sagar has gained experience in news writing, copy editing, and video production. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Delhi.
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