"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
A disease is considered to be deadly if not treated on time. Several people die due to lack of treatment while some continue to suffer. And for those who cannot afford money for medication, Dr. Siddalingappa Murugeppa Yeli of Davanagere is like a knight in shining armour. His consultation fee is not more than Rs 30 while some of his patients don’t pay anything at all. From distributing free medicines to recommending free tests at his diagnostics centre, the 80-year-old general physician does everything for his patients to cure them. Therefore, he is considered as the “Walking God of Davanagere.”
Its been 50 years since Dr. Yeli has been treating his patients and he wants to do the same throughout. He starts attending his patients at the clinic from 8 am and at 11 am he goes to JJM Medical College Hospital where he does two rounds in a day and takes only Rs 50 for each round. Then again at 1:30 pm he comes back to his clinic and examines his patients until 5 pm.
Dr. Yeli’s patients have an immense amount of love and respect for him as he has made their life much brighter by curing them. After going through his story, all that we can learn is, help people as much as you can. Care and love them selflessly. Real living is living for others.
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