Bengaluru: A doctor who got stuck in a traffic jam ran three kilometers from his car to perform an emergency surgery. Sarjapura Road Manipal Hospital Gastroenterologist Dr. It was Govind Nandakumar who made the traffic jam in Bengaluru run away.
“The surgery was scheduled for a woman suffering from severe pain due to gallbladder disease. When the car reached the Sarjapura-Marathahalli road at 10 am, it got into a traffic jam. It was only a 10 minute drive to the hospital. However, after realizing that it would take at least 45 minutes to cover this distance, he asked the driver to deliver the vehicle and got down and ran. I did not feel any difficulty as I was exercising daily. “If there is no solution to the traffic problem that even ambulances cannot pass, there will be major emergencies,” the doctor told the media.
The hospital authorities informed that the patient has recovered after the surgery. Apart from the potholes on the roads, Bengaluru is experiencing massive traffic jams due to the rains, waterlogging and mud in the last few days.