This Mumbai School Teacher-Turned-Auto Rickshaw Driver Is Ferrying COVID Patients For Free
Dattatraya Sawant a Mumbai-based school teacher has converted his autorickshaw into a mobile ambulance to help COVID patients reach the hospital for free. He wears PPE kits and sanitises the vehicle. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs MCA has announced that it will bear the entire cost of fuel for his rickshaw.
Like thousands of good samaritans, working round the clock to provide help to people in need, Dattatraya Sawant, a Mumbai-based school teacher, has converted his autorickshaw into a mobile ambulance to help COVID patients reach the hospital for free.
He wears PPE kits and sanitises the vehicle.
"For this, I personally take all precautionary measures. At present, the number of corona patients is increasing rapidly. Many of them are dying due to untimely treatment. In such a situation, whether the poor patients get government help in time or not, private ambulances are not affordable. And often public vehicles do not provide services to Covid patients. In such cases, my free service will be available to the patients," he told news agency ANI.
Mumbai: Amid rise in COVID cases, Dattatraya Sawant, a school teacher by profession&a part-time autorickshaw driver, gives free rickshaw rides to COVID patients
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I drop off/pick-up patients from hospital for free. I'll continue this service as long as COVID wave will last,he says pic.twitter.com/1TvXiXj0lc
"I drop off Covid patients to Care Centres and hospitals for free, and also bring discharged patients to their respective homes," he added.
A resident of Mumbai's suburban Ghatkopar, Sawant teaches English at Dnyansagar Vidya Mandir School.
As the number of coronavirus patients soar at a stunning speed across the state, Sawant has been providing free services in northeast Mumbai over the last few days.
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He has so far provided free travel to 26 COVID patients and his work is being appreciated by all.
Sawant says he will continue offering the service as long as the COVID wave persists.
Many have come forward to provide financial help to Sawant. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has announced that it will bear the entire cost of fuel for his rickshaw.
