Pune Municipal Corproation’s ambulance driver works without break for 7 days

PUNE: Akshay More (23), an ambulance driver working for the Pune Municipal Corproation, has been away from his home for the whole of last week because of his work of transporting patients to hospitals and bodies to crematoriums.
“Where is the time to get vaccinated? There is so much work that When you have the responsibility of transporting 16 to 17 patients to hospitals and taking seven to eight dead bodies to crematoriums each day, you hardly get the time. It was on Monday that I went to my home to see family for two hours after a week,” More, a resident of Fatimanagar, said.

More has been working as an ambulance driver for three years.
“There are so many people getting infected each day and many are losing their lives. We get calls continuously and we have to be on the move. The work I am doing is dangerous and there is always a chance of getting infected. This is also another reason why I am not going home as I don’t want to endanger my family,” he added.
More, manages to rest for a couple of hours either in the driver’s seat or in a corner of any hospital.
“The toughest part is carrying the bodies and stopping the grieving relatives from touching them. However, I know that soon after the body is dropped off at the crematorium, I have to rush back, either to a patient desperate to get a hospital bed or transport yet another body,” More said.
He added it was the conviction that he was helping people, which kept him going.
“I try to convince myself that since I am doing a good job and helping those in need, God will always keep me safe from the virus. It is a way to stay positive and keep working. Being the only earning member in my family, stopping isn’t an option. I hope things improve soon so that I can go home, be with my family and get vaccinated,” More said.