Bengaluru Doctor Puts Off Wedding Plans To Lend A Helping Hand To Treat COVID-19 Patients

Wedding is an important event of one's life, but a lot of plans have been put on hold due to the pandemic the world is battling.

According to Times of India, Dr Hari Charan L was supposed to get married in the second week of May, but he decided to postpone his wedding in order to continue working in the COVID-19 ward at Victoria Hospital.

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His selflessness and devotion to his duty are being praised by people; his peers and patients are thankful for his services which are helping during this stressful time.

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His fiance - who is a postgraduate student in anaesthesia at a private medical college in Bengaluru - also stands by him and supports his ideas. In fact, she also works in the COVID-19 ward of her medical college. Dr Charan told TOI, ¡°The emergency situation changed it all. I was posted in the ¡®orange zone¡¯ at the trauma care centre for 14 days. I will be tested for Covid-19 on the 13th day of my quarantine period. The government has provided accommodation for doctors at a hotel. The next posting will be decided only after the test."

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He also mentioned how he never thought he would be working and treating patients with respiratory infection.

He added, ¡°I told my seniors to allow me some time to convince my parents. Initially, my family wasn¡¯t willing to send me to work, given the kind of infection we are dealing with. They wanted me to quit my job and stay at home. I spoke to them and it worked."

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Good samaritans like Dr Hari Charan are the backbone of our healthcare system and heroes like him deserve proper credit for the same.

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