AHMEDABAD: When district collector Sandip Sangle visited the house of a freedom fighter, Laxman Chauhan, in Naroda on Saturday, he noticed that Chauhan could not quite clearly hear what he was saying. In due course of the conversation, Chauhan said that he had quite some difficulty in hearing.
Within an hour, personnel from the civil hospital at Asarva reached Chauhan’s house and handed over the 89-year-old freedom fighter a set of hearing aids, providing an example of pro-active governance.
“When I went to Chauhan’s house and was speaking to him, I observed he had difficulty hearing. I got in touch with authorities at the civil hospital, who provided the freedom fighter with a hearing aid quickly. I am fortunate to have been able to help a freedom fighter,” Sangle said. He added that it takes about two to three days for a person to adapt to hearing aids and hospital personnel will help Chauhan get used to the aid.
On the eve of Independence Day celebrations, collectorate officials visited homes of freedom fighters and felicitated them for contributing towards India’s freedom.
Laxman Chauhan’s son Jitendra said that his father used hearing aids, but they got lost about a year ago, when he misplaced the bag in which they were kept. “We are thankful that the government has provided him the hearing aid,” Jitendra said.
