Meerut: That day Ms.
Dr.
Atul Srivastava died, more than 300 Covid test reports lying on his desk, awaiting his approval.
That’s April 30.
Microbiology at Muzaffarnagar Medical College rushed to his mother’s funeral only for two hours, cracing it and walked back to the laboratory he had fused with difficulty for more than a year.
Since April last year, the Covid Research and Diagnostic Laboratory at the hospital was all he had worked on – 20 hours a day, testing more than 20,000 samples without a one day of leave.
On Friday, the hospital officially inaugurated the lab by salut to the doctor – the name ‘SMT Jai Shri Sinha Diagnostic and research laboratory’ after his mother.
“For me, this is dedicated to all frontline soldiers who descend against disease and save lives,” said Srivastava, 40, said.
MBBS from the Lajpat Rai Medical College Medical in Meerut, he made postegradation of his microbiology from Christian Medical College in Ludhiana before joining the Muzaffarnagar medical microbiology department in April 2016.
In April last year, when the country had just begun to realize.
The seriousness of the pandemic, that he was asked to establish a lab.
“We started working day and night to arrange a lab …
it was difficult.
There is no technical knowledge because the laboratory around new or work overtime.
I have to depend on my instincts and literature available on the internet.
I talk to equipment manufacturers, Learn about things alone and, now, we have a 18-room lab, “he said.
In October, the Indian medical research board allowed the lab to start testing.
Since then, he has tested 20,662 samples.
“I have three assistants and we work all the time to make sure there are no backlog reports.” But in April this year, when the second wave of infection was swept away throughout the country, his family, all, fell ill.
“Mother, father, brother, brother-in-law, brother-in-law and uncle are tested positive.
His mother, brother-in-law and uncle died.
But he showed a commitment of being commendable,” said Prof.
GS Manchanda, Principal of Medical College.
“About 300 reports from the Pancrayat Election Committee are awaiting his approval on his mother’s day to die.
He knows reporting will ensure the completion of the election on time,” he added.
“So now, dedicating the laboratory to his mother is a gesture of gratitude to his selfless service.” But it’s difficult for Srivastava.
“I went bankrupt.
My mother left, my brother was in the ICU and I had to tell him that he was recovering.
I don’t know how many of my families will survive,” he said.
“But at the same time, I must continue to hurry to do the test.
There are times when the bed is not available, or there is no ambulance.
I know how many negative tests will mean at that time, ensuring the bed is available for the next person who is available test positive.
I have to continue.
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