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This Doctor Couple is treating sick people in a remote village for just Re 1 since 32 years

This Doctor Couple is treating sick people in a remote village for just Re 1 since 32 years
A doctor couple from Maharashtra has been selflessly working for people living in a remote area since last 32 years. Dr. Ravindra Kohle and his wife Smita Kohle have always been available for public keeping aside their personal interests. Right from his MBBS days, Kohle was determined to give medical treatment to every person in need. However, he was unable to find a path to start his unique journey. But he got all his answers by the cover page of the book Where There is No Doctor, written by David Werner. The cover of the book showed four people carrying a patient, with the words – “Hospital 30 miles away” –written below.
He then decided to treat people who live in remote areas and have no access to medical facilities. He chose Bairagarh, a small village in Melghat, Maharashtra. But in his unique journey, he wanted a companion, so he started searching for one. But he had four conditions for the right match. . First, the girl should be ready to walk for 40 km (the distance to be covered to reach Bairagarh). Second, she should be ready for a ‘Rs. 5 wedding’ (court marriages at the time cost Rs. 5). Third, she should be willing to manage financially with Rs. 400 per month (Dr. Kolhe charged Re. 1 per patient and had almost 400 patients every month). And lastly, she should be ready to beg too, not for herself but if needed, for the welfare of others.
After getting rejected by about 100 prospective brides, he met Dr. Smita who happily accepted all his conditions. In 1989, the village got two doctors.  The village is so remotely located that one has to travel 25 km by bus and then 30 km by walking.
Ravindra got a prize money of Rs 1o lakh in 2011 for his contribution to social work. However, he used the entire amount to get an operation theatre in the village.
Ravindra Kolhe says, Every one knew that children were dying in Melghat due to malnutrition, or people were dying of pneumonia, malaria, snake bites, etc. So far, researchers used to find out just the reason behind the deaths, but no one researched the reason behind the reason for the deaths, which was poverty. They died of pneumonia because they didn’t have enough clothes to keep them warm in winter. They died of malnutrition because they had no work and hence no money once the farming season was over. We wanted to ‘cure’ these root causes of death.”

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