Ranchi: An auto driver has won the hearts of netizens as the story of how he is helping patients in these difficult times has gone viral. Ranchi-based Ravi Aggarwal is giving free rides to people who need to go to a hospital.
Speaking to news agency ANI, auto driver Ravi Aggarwal said that he is willing to give a free ride to anybody in his auto who needs it. He revealed that he began doing this last week.
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He spoke about an incident that took place on April 15. Ravi said that an ill female passenger asked for a ride to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). But no auto driver came forward to help, fearing that she may have contracted Covid. Seeing the situation, Ravi offered to help the woman and gave her a free ride to the hospital.
From that point on, Ravi has been helping passengers reach hospitals free of cost.
"I am doing this since April 15 when I dropped a woman at RIMS after everyone else refused. My number is on social media so people can contact me," he told ANI.
Ravi has also pasted a pamphlet on his auto that reads 'Free Emergency Services' along with his mobile number so that people are able to contact him in case of an emergency.
Here are some of the supportive reactions by Twitter users:
This story of selfless service is making netizens believe in the goodness of people while the country battles a grim situation brought by the second wave of Coronavirus pandemic.
India has witnessed a record surge in Covid-19 cases in the past few days while crossing the mark of 3 lakh fresh cases for two consecutive days.
The country recorded a one-day tally of 3,32,730 new coronavirus cases along with 2,263 deaths and 1,93,279 discharges in the last 24 hours, according to official data released on Friday.