No, this is not an excerpt from a SR (Satyajit Ray) plot. It is a real life SE story featuring Prof. Bhattacharyya. He is a man far beyond his erudition and great eminence. Comfortable living by himself in his South Kolkata home, the hero in our story manages tricky medical conditions, while still serving as honorary President of the Indian Centre for Space Physics (ICSP).

A day after Amphan ravaged the city, drinking water that had been stored by our member, Ms Banerjee, fast depleted and soon she was left without drinking water as there was power outage in her area. As soon as her daughter called up the Support Elders NAC, our staff immediately called up Ms Banerjee and assured her that any essential item that she required would be arranged. Our staff member went off to procure drinking water, but all nearby general stores and medicine shops were out of stock.

As Amphan raged across the city, it caused widespread damage in different parts of Kolkata. Particularly so, for our member, Ms Ghosh, residing in South Kolkata. It was quite a terrifying time for her, as it blew away her entire verandah window, leaving a million pieces of broken glass! The ferocity of the wind and the lashing rain, which flooded her entire verandah, was no less than a nightmare. Knowing that she wouldn’t get any carpenter to repair it, due to Covid-19 restrictions, she called up one of our Member Care Associates for assistance.

On 21st morning, the day after cyclone Amphan hit Kolkata, when the entire city was trying to cope with the disaster, our member, Ms Chatterjee, faced another crisis at home. Her husband had pulled out his feeding tube in the morning and she was unable to feed him. Somehow, she managed to call her home physician but needed to arrange for a new feeding tube. She called the Support Elders NAC for assistance. Our NAC immediately contacted one of our staff and requested him to look into the matter.

On 27th of April, our member, Ms Sinha, fell ill and got in touch with us. We immediately attended to her and hospitalised. By evening, her condition worsened. She needed blood transfusion. Two units of blood were required urgently. The hospital authorities got in touch with us and the Support Elders NAC immediately informed the location in-charge about the requirement. It was about 6.30 in the evening. The location in-charge immediately started calling different agencies and blood banks, but unfortunately blood of the required group was unavailable.