Doctor sets aside Covid fears to help dying man in Rajkot

RAJKOT: “A doctor forgets everything when faced with emergency” — said radiologist working in a private hospital of city, Dr Ajitsinh Vadher, who didn’t stop to consider Covid protocols while trying to save a life during his morning walk with a friend at Racecourse Road in Rajkot on Tuesday.
“I gave him mouth to mouth breath forgetting Covid fears as at that moment I was only a doctor and my aim was to save his life,” Dr Vadher told TOI.
Talking about the incident, he said that upon witnessing the man suddenly collapse in front of him, he rushed to his side and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to save the man who had suffered a massive cardiac arrest. The incident took place on the opposite side of mayor’s bungalow.
Despite all efforts by him along with other passers-by, the life could not be saved as he died before treatment.
“We immediately rushed to him and I understood that he had suffered cardiac arrest. I didn’t waste time and gave him CPR that covers mouth to mouth breathing and chest compression. There was a woman paramedic there who helped me with chest compressions on the man, identified as Gulam Hussain,” he said.
Meanwhile, people had gathered at the spot and called an emergency ambulance which took the patient to a private hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
“I am a doctor and it’s my foremost duty to help people,” asserted Dr Vadher, adding that in face of an emergent situation, a doctor forgets everything else and only remembers that he has to save the life.