The Good Doctor Who Does More Than Giving Medicines
The Morning Standard|September 27, 2020
A tribal block medical officer works tirelessly to save a village from many diseases, reports Pranab Mondal
Pranab Mondal
The Good Doctor Who Does More Than Giving Medicines

WEST BENGAL

It is 8 pm— time for most residents of Purulia’s Bandwan block, located along the West Beng al Jharkhand border, to go to sleep after the day’s hard work. But Kajiram Murmu, the block medical officer, isn’t through with his work.

Murmu attends to sick children, women and the elderly who can’t make it to the block health centre. He belongs to a tribal community and is posted in an area known as Bengal’s most backward zone.

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