Bengluru doctor leaves car runs for 45 minutes 4km to beat traffic & perform crucial surgery at the hospital
Dr Govindd was scheduled for Ann Emergency gallbladder surgery
Not all legends wear capes: A specialist, who was getting late for his medical procedure in view of the famous Bengaluru traffic, chose to leave his vehicle, and run the remainder of the distance to the clinic.
Dr Govind Nandakumar, a gastroenterology specialist at Manipal Clinics, was en route to play out a crisis laparoscopic gallbladder a medical procedure on August 30 when he stalled out in the rush hour gridlock predicament on the Sarjapur-Marathalli stretch.
Understanding that a deferral could place the female patient at risk, Dr Nandakumar left his vehicle and ran for north of three kilometers to carry out the essential procedure.
"I drive consisently from focal Banglore to Manipal Medcal clincs, Sarjpur, which is in the Southeat of Bangalre. I ventured out from home well in time for the medical proceure. My group was good to go and ready to carry out the procedure when I would arrive at the emegency clinic. Taking a gnder at the colosal trafic, I chose to leave the vehicle with the driver and ran towards the clinic without reconsidering," he said.
Adding that he would have rather not kept his patients pausing, he said, "I would have raher not buned through any additional time trustng that the trafic will clear up as my patiets aren't permtted to have their feass until a medical procedure is finished. I wold have rather not kept them hagig tight for a realy long time."
"I have a drivver, thus, I had the option to abaandon the vehiicle. It was simple for me to run since I exercise center routinely. I ran three kms to clinic, and was in time for the medical procledure," he told The New Indian Express.
He added that this isn't whenever he firt has confronted such a circumstnce. "I have needed to make the excursion by walkig a couple of times in diffrent areas of Bengluru as well, some of the time crossing railroad lines. I was not restlss since our clinic has satisfacory staff and foundation to take great consideration of a patient. The circumstance may not be no different for little medical clinics," he said.
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