Vadodara: This pregnant technician is unstoppable in crisis time

TNN | Updated: May 2, 2020, 09:01 IST

Rekha Kant has been working since lockdown without a break

VADODARA: A personal protection equipment (PPE) kit, hot drinking water, balanced diet along with herbs prescribed by the government’s AYUSH ministry helps 25-year-old Rekha Khant, a frontline warrior wage a relentless war against coronavirus even in her first trimester of pregnancy.
Despite being allowed to go on leave, this never-say-die woman said she won’t rest till she debugs the world to make it safer for her unborn child. An emergency medical technician with 108 emergency services, Khant refused to take a single day off since lockdown and has been handling emergencies in Chhota Udepur including carrying suspected COVID-19 patients to hospital.
“The simple consideration that the battle needs health workers the most, keeps me going strong,” said Khant, a native of Aravalli district.
Husband, Kalusinh Khant, too, supports her in her endeavour. “My husband too goes to work at the petrol pump, but we both take utmost care not to get infected. He encourages me to continue doing my work in spite of my precarious condition,” Khant said.
“We were not even aware that she is expecting a baby. It was only when her colleagues informed that we go to know about her pregnancy,” said Mahendrasinh Chauhan, emergency management executive. Chauhan added, “We asked her to take leave, but she refused and showed readiness to continue her work which really made us proud.”