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Born from the dead: Story of a bit of luck and a lot of goodwill

Agartala, Sep 02, 2012 : It was a sheer stroke of luck for Sanchita Sarkar and her unborn baby on Saturday; thanks to Chief Secretary Dr. Sanjay Kumar Panda, Director General of Police Sanjay Sinha, Sudhir Das, MLA of Surma assembly constituency and a chopper from the Tripura Road Transportation Corporation.

The chopper flew the expecting mother away from Gandacherra to Agartala right when all hopes seemed to be lost. Sanchita gave birth to a girl child shortly after her admittance to GBP Hospital in Agartala on the day. She was found to have been admitted at a local hospital of Gandacherra for the last several days amidst steadily degenerating health conditions. The doctors continued to delay the dates of delivery everyday and her condition was going worse, Sanjoy Sarkar, husband of Sanchita says. It was a call from Sailesh Das, a senior leader of ruling CPI (M) party at Gandacherra to MLA Sudhir Das which brought the entire matter to light.

Speaking to Tripurainfo.com on Sunday, MLA Das said that Sailesh Das called him up and asked for immediate air support for evacuation of the patient from Gandacherra to Agartala. Her condition has become too sensitive to be transported by road and her stay in Gandacherra is not safe anymore either, he said to the MLA. The latter made a call to TRTC authorities only to find that Chief Secretary Dr. SK Panda and DGP Sanjay Sinha had gone to Gandacherra itself on the chopper on the day for inaugurating a newly constructed building of Gandacherra police station. Call it luck or something else, the MLA called Chief Secretary Dr. Panda, he agreed to the plan of extending air support to the lady, the Sub-Divisional Medical Officer (SDMO) for medical fitness certification and in-flight attention and the entire crew flew for Agartala within half an hour or so.

An ambulance of TRTC collected the patient from Agartala airport soon after their arrival and rushed Sanchita to GBP Hospital. She was operated by doctors within some 90 minutes and a baby girl was born. According to latest reports, Sanchita and her baby are both healthy and thriving.

Expressing gladness at their deed, MLA Sudhir Das said on Sunday, “it simply is awesome that such a fast-track co-ordination could be accomplished and the job could be done. The happy father of the newborn came to me and thanked for the entire support. But I think Chief Secretary Dr. Panda and the DGP should be thanked. It was an awesome effort and a well accomplished one too”.

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