Letter / ahmedabad: The Friendship reel is captured by Bollywood Blockbuster ‘Thire Idiots’ song ‘Jaane Nahi Denge Tujhe …’ played in real life in the Covid-19 pandemic when two friends from Surat and Ahmedabad moved heaven and earth in an effort to save two doctors from the jaw of death.
Dr.
Sanket Mehta, an anesthetic expert based on a letter, returned from a ravine after a total of 96 inpatient days.
There was a time when Dr.
Mehta had a machine that breathed for him and he did not show a recovery opportunity.
Dr.
Mehta’s friends Dr.
Jayesh Thakral, Dr.
Sandeep Patel and Dr.
Hiren Shah dig their heels that if there are only 1% of their survival opportunities, they are ready to bet on it.
Friends together with relatives raised Rs 80 lakh through crowdfunding and other 8 lakh rs from the association of the doctor to shift Dr.
Mehta to Chennai in the air ambulance.
“If I live today because my friends refuse to admit defeat and let me go,” said Dr.
Mehta Emotional to Toi.
A good doctor alone won many hearts when his video risked his own life in the Covid-19 ICU as a patient to articulate other patients on social media.
“It is a difficult call for families, but we convince them that we hope the best for him, and we will be responsible for the risks we run,” Dr.
Thakral said.
Likewise, Dr.
Patel at Ahmedabad also has great friends who rally for him when he struggled for life during the second wave.
Dr.
Patel surrendered but his friends said their comfort was that they did everything to give him a chance to fight.
Dr.
Patel (43) and his entire family positively covid in May at the top of the second wave.
He lost his father and then became critical with Covid-19 who was severe with his lungs became truly non-functional.
Shailesh Patel, the owner of the medical shop and friend Dr.
Patel for more than 15 years, said that all his batch friends were like Dr.
Pranav Joshi and Dr.
Vismiti Joshipura gathered to support Dr.
Patel.
“We did everything we could – right from getting an emergency bed to raise funds – to get one chance to fight for Dr.
Patel,” he said.
Patel not only went to Chennai ahead of the air ambulance at the end of May and arranged the room in the hospital, but also ensured all the logistics and support for the family Dr Patel returned home.
After his poor death in mid-June, Patel got his clinic on Jalan Anandnagar rent so that his family was treated.
“Dr.
Patel never said not to one of his friends or patients,” Patel said.
Friends have raised almost Rs 1 Crore for Dr Patel’s treatment.