Bokaro man drives 1,400 kms to bring oxygen for friend in Noida
A 38-year-old man from Bokaro drove 1,400 km through three states in 24 hours with filled oxygen cylinder to save his COVID-19 positive friendâs life. (Image Source: Reuters)
Updated: Apr 29, 2021, 01:16 PM IST
Among much despair and heartbreaks in the country due to the rising number of COVID-19 deaths and medical emergencies, here is a story of hope and positivity. This story also helps rebuild trust in humanity.
A 38-year-old man from Jharkhand s Bokaro drove 1,400 km through three states in 24 hours with a filled oxygen cylinder to save his COVID-19 positive friend’s life who wasn t able to get oxygen support in Uttar Pradesh s Noida.
Bokaro: A man from Bokaro drove all the way to Noida in the National Capital Region, covering a distance of 1,400km in about 24 hours, with an oxygen cylinder for his friend down with Covid-19.
Devendra (38), a teacher by profession and a resident of Sector 4 in this industrial township, set out for Noida in his car about 1.30pm on Sunday after found out that his friend Ranjan Aggarwal, who works at with an IT firm in Delhi, was struggling with low oxygen levels.
Doctors in Noida had told his family that they would have to arrange for oxygen themselves as they were facing an acute shortage. When Rajendra’s parents reached out to Devendra for help, he went to several oxygen plants and suppliers seeking in Bokaro, but they refused to give him oxygen unless he came with an empty cylinder.
Devendra said he paid Rs 10,000, including Rs 400 for the oxygen, and embarked on the long journey to Noida.
BOKARO: Answering an SOS from the family of a Covidafflicted friend in Noida who wasn’t getting oxygen support, a 38-year-old schoolteacher from Jharkhand s Bokaro drove 1,400km through three states in 24 hours with a gas-filled cylinder to save the man’s life.
Devendra, a resident of Sector 4 of the industrial township, set out for Noida in his car around 1.30pm on Sunday after coming to know that the parents of his friend Ranjan Aggarwal, who works in an IT firm in Delhi, had been turned away by everyone they had approached for oxygen.