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Postmaster Donates Entire Salary to Help Toddler’s Treatment
Bimal Kumar Sahu works at a small post office in Odisha.
He saw a television report about a two-year-old girl named Trishika who is seriously ill.
Her doctors recommended a treatment that costs about ₹16 crore.
Her family has been asking people for help to raise the money.
Bimal travelled to Bhubaneswar to meet them.
He gave Trishika’s family his entire previous month’s salary, ₹26,304.
He said he wanted to do what he could to help.
The family still needs more money for the treatment.
Bimal Kumar Sahu, a 58-year-old postmaster in Dhenkanal district, gave Trishika’s family his previous month’s salary of ₹26,304.
He travelled about 150 kilometres to the News18 Odia office in Bhubaneswar after seeing a television report about the child.
Two-year-old Trishika, from Jajpur district, has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 2.
Doctors advised a single-dose gene therapy called Zolgensma, reported to cost approximately ₹16 crore.
About ₹6 crore had reportedly been raised through crowdfunding, leaving around ₹10 crore still needed.
- Who
- Postmaster Bimal Kumar Sahu donated ₹26,304 to the family of two-year-old Trishika.
- What
- He handed over his previous month’s entire salary to support her treatment.
- Where
- At the News18 Odia office in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- When
- After watching a television report; the article does not give a specific date.
- Why
- He wanted to help Trishika, who has SMA Type 2 and needs costly gene therapy.
Key facts
- Donor
- Bimal Kumar Sahu, a postmaster at Pingua Sub-Post Office
- Donation
- ₹26,304, his entire previous month’s salary
- Child
- Trishika, aged two, from Jajpur district
- Condition
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 2
- Recommended treatment
- A single-dose gene therapy called Zolgensma
- Reported treatment cost
- Approximately ₹16 crore
- Crowdfunding progress
- Around ₹6 crore reportedly raised, with approximately ₹10 crore still needed
Quotes
Bimal Kumar Sahu
Postmaster at the Pingua Sub-Post Office in Dhenkanal district
“I may not be able to give as much money as this little girl needs, but can’t I at least do my bit to help, just like the squirrel in the story?”
CNBC TV 18
“Instead of wondering where and how to send the money, I thought it would be better to go there myself and hand it over.”
CNBC TV 18
Sources
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