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This biochemist turns bike into ambulance

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Bengaluru, KARNATAKA :

For non-Covid-19 patients

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After observing that several non-Covid-19 patients are dying due to delay in accessing medical treatment, a city-based biochemist is helping them in a unique way. 

Dr Syed Moinuddin Shabbir, a clinical biochemist at Santosh Hospital in Fraser Town, has turned a two-wheeler into a bike ambulance to treat needy patients at their home. He also provides medicines to poor patients based on prescriptions from their doctors.

“After the lockdown was imposed, people were facing problems in even buying provisions. Many senior citizens and children were finding it difficult to access hospitals. I started with providing medicine to poor patients,” he said.

The problems were exacerbated in containment zones where people had to struggle for simple check-ups like blood pressure and glucose levels. “I went to containment zones on the bike and did what was needed,” Shabbir said, listing Padarayanapura, Frazer Town, Bharathinagar, Indiranagar, Vijayanagar, and Thanisandra as some of the areas where he has treated people.

In Shivajinagar, 40 people in one building had tested positive for Covid-19. Shabbir could not take his bike there, but he managed to send the necessary medicine to the people.

The demand for his services did not come down with the lifting of the lockdown but has only increased.

“At least 50 people contact me through Facebook or WhatsApp,” he said.

Shabbir said charitable organisations have come forward to fund his work, which has benefited about 5,000 people and cost him Rs 3 lakh. 

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> City> Life in Bengaluru / by Manohar M ,DHNS, Bengaluru / September 04th, 2020

Bengaluru: Doctor’s ambulance on 2 wheels a hit

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Bengaluru, KARNATAKA :

With help from the police, Dr Syed Moinuddin Shabbir (on bike) goes about attending to patients
With help from the police, Dr Syed Moinuddin Shabbir (on bike) goes about attending to patients

Bengaluru  :

With OPDs in most hospitals and neighbourhood clinics shut owing to the lockdown, a 46-year-old Bengaluru doctor has emerged a roving healer for thousands of people in Shivajinagar, Pulikeshinagar and Bharatinagar.

 Astride a two wheeler converted into a mobile ambulance, Dr  Syed Moinuddin Shabbir goes around tending to minor ailments and providing residents essentials like groceries and medicines.

The genial doctor visits 20 to 25 lanes every day and examines residents. He administers insulin shots to diabetics.  “Most of the medicines I supply are for blood pressure and diabetes,” says the doctor, who is also vice-principal of a paramedic college at Santosh Group of Institutions.  “There are diabetics with gangrene, who need a strong dose of antibiotics on a regular basis. The dressing also needs to  be changed.”

Trained by B.Pac as a Civic Leader, Shabbir says he’s been doing his bit since March 25.  He initially reached out to people in Shivajinagar. “I was born and brought up in Shivajinagar,” he says.

The doctor, who borrowed the scooter-turned-ambulance from the Santosh group, covers at least 125km every day. He has another two-wheeler for delivering groceries. He pays for the fuel and medicines from his pocket. The groceries he supplies are sponsored by organisations such as Rotary Bangalore Cantonment and Jain Youth Trust.

On house visits, he also spreads awareness on the symptoms of Covid-19 and the need to maintain hygiene and remain indoors. The doctor has also roped in Pulikeshinagar and Bharatinagar police stations to further his endeavor.  Patients in need of help or provisions/medicines contact one of the two stations, which alert Shabbir.

 So far, the doctor has helped deliver groceries that could last up to one month to 10,000 families, including migrant workers.  Shabbir wears a mask to protect himself. “Initially , my family was very hesitant, but eventually they understood it’s a good cause,” he says.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News> Bengaluru News / by Mrinilani Bhat / TNN / April 17th, 2020