Alka Pande
05 October 2010
In Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, Eastern India, men in khaki do more than just policing. These policemen, along with a young doctor couple, actively engage in community service to solve the problems of health, employment and infrastructure of the village. The results are overwhelming.
Dr Tanveer attending to patients in her routine OPD set up under a tree in Mohouli/ Photo credit: Alka Pande/ WFS
Sonbhadra, UP: It is just another day for the energetic Dr Tanveer Aujula, who is in her thirties. As she patiently listens to each one of her patients, sometimes conducting a preliminary check up before giving them medicines, the crowds keep increasing. Dr Tanveer is an MS in gynaecology from Punjab University and this is her routine OPD (Out Patient Department) held under a tree in Mohouli, the last village in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Homely and compassionate, Tanveer, who hails from Punjab, says, “It was my parents’ dream that I become a doctor. I don’t know when their dream became mine – so much so that I started writing doctor in front of my name even when I was in school.”
Talking about her work, she says, “In UP, I started by volunteering to put up camps at police lines to educate people about hygiene, family welfare, and so on. Gradually, these camps became more regular and I started going to remote and interior areas to cater to the tribal people.”
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