Karimul Haque

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Karimul Haque is a worker at a tea garden in West Bengal and is famous for his motorcycle ambulance services.In 1995, his mother had a cardiac arrest, but he could not take her to the hospital immediately due to lack of ambulance services in his village. He was shook by this incident and decided to do something for it.A few years later, one of his colleagues collapsed on the field while working in a tea garden, Karimul tied him to his back and rushed him to the hospital on a motorcycle. After this incident, he decided to start a motorcycle ambulance in 1998 and bought a motorcycle on loan. Karimul Haque with his motorcycle ambulance.He has provided motorcycle ambulance services in more than 20 villages near his hometown since 1998. He has helped more than 5500 people (as of 2020) in case of medical emergencies and provided first aid services with the assistance of doctors.Karimul works in a tea garden and earns Rs. 5000 a month, most of which he invests in his ambulance services. Apart from this, he has donated funds and clothes to the needy people during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.During an interview, while sharing his ultimate dream, Karimul said,.His motorcycle ambulance was upgraded with waterproof stretcher and ports for an oxygen cylinder by Bajaj Auto Limted in 2018.In the same year, he appeared as a guest speaker in TEDx Talks.In 2018, he was invited to the Rashtrapati Bhavan on the eve of Republic Day, and on the same day the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi taught him how to click a selfie. Karimul Haques selfie with the PM Narendra Modi.In 2019, his biography Bike-Ambulance Dada was published which is written by Bswajit Jha a journalist-turned-social entrepreneur. Reportedly, a Hindi film will be released on his real life story. A book on Karimul Haque.