The police created an assisted traffic movement to take an 11-year-old girl suffering from a liver problem from Areshiroor near Byndoor to the Bajpe airport so that she could be flown immediately to be admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru for treatment on Thursday.
An assisted traffic movement is clearing of the road as the ambulance moves. The girl, Anusha Gowda, a student of class six, and daughter of Sanjeev Gowda, school headmaster at Kalthodu near Byndoor, is suffering from a severe liver problem.
She had received treatment at private hospitals in Manipal and Udupi. Her father, Mr. Gowda then approached Ravi Shetty, president of Karmika Vedike, who immediately contacted a private hospital in Bengaluru and sent the information of her ailment to the hospital on Wednesday evening. He also made arrangements for her admission at the hospital there.
Mr. Shetty got in touch with the district administration and the district police and urged them to facilitate smooth movement of ambulance from Byndoor to Mangaluru so that there was no delay in catching the flight.
“Both Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis and Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Patil immediately responded to my call. In fact, Ms. Francis made immediate arrangements to book flight tickets,” Mr. Shetty said.
Mr. Patil told The Hindu that the ambulance set off from Byndoor with a police escort vehicle to Bajpe. This arrangement was made within 10 minutes of receiving the request, he said.
The ambulance set out from Byndoor at 10.50 a.m. and reached Bajpe within 1 p.m. Along with Anusha Gowda, her father and mother Saraswati Gowda, and her cousin Gajanana, have gone to Bengaluru.
Mr. Shetty said that he had contributed ₹ 2 lakh from his own pocket for the admission and treatment of the girl in Bengaluru. But more money was required.
“Since Mr. Gowda is a popular headmaster, his students have offered financial support. We will also see how more funds can be generated for this purpose. Mr. Gowda lost a son about a year ago due to the same problem,” he said.
