Policeman uses medical degree to tackle the virus

GANESH Kumar Gupta’s father wanted him to be a doctor but he aspired to be a police officer.

Gupta became both. As deputy superintendent of police in Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, India, he is now treating Covid infected policemen at a new medical facility in the city.

At least 162 policemen had tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from election duty in Bijnor district alone.

Forty more have symptoms and are awaiting their reports.

With no beds in hospitals, the police department opened a new ward to treat the policemen and Gupta took charge of it.

Dharamveer Singh, Bijnor superintendent of police, said: “Ganesh Gupta has come as a blessing in disguise. He is looking after all the policemen at the quarantine centre. Without him, things would have been difficult for us. We all are proud of our officer.”

Gupta, meanwhile, is happy that he has also fulfilled his father's wishes.

He said: “My father, Om Prakash Gupta, had a shop in Gorakhpur. He wanted to see me as a doctor. I got a MBBS degree and then cleared the provincial police service exam in 2018.

“Now I am working as a police officer and a doctor.

“Both our wishes | are being fulfilled.”