v One, day, during the last term-holidays, i took my bicycle and
went to ride round the town. As I was cycling along the road in front of the
Local General Hospital, I saw a horrible sight. A station wagon which was
coming towards the town from the opposite direction suddenly swerved to
the right and crashed into a tree by the roadside. The driver of the vehicle, a
young boy, was seriously wounded. The passengers, all young boys and girls,
escaped unhurt.
v As the accident had occurred right in front of the hospital, the
boy was quickly taken to the 'casualty ward'. Out of curiosity to know his
fate, I accompanied the friends of the wounded boy. The attendants and the
doctors on duty decided, after examining him thoroughly, that there was a
chance of his surviving his wounds and injuries, if blood transfusion could be
given to him.
v The doctors then asked the friends of the wounded boy, who was
unconscious to offer their own blood to save I him. A heavy silence fell upon
them. Most of them lowered their heads and left the ward one after another.One
of those left behind pleaded illness. Another said that his doctor had
prohibited him to give blood. Only one of them did not refuse to give blood but
it so happened that his blood was not of the right group. The doctor shook his
head in despair.
v Taking pity on the unfortunate boy, I offered my blood. They took
a sample of it, tested it, and found it to be of the required type. Then they
led me to another room, where they took the required quantity of blood from my
body. When I had sufficiently recovered from the temporary weakness caused by
the loss of blood I returned home.
v A day or two later, my father read in a newspaper the account of
the accident. It ended with a note saying that the wounded boy was then well on
the road to recovery and that he owed his life to a stranger who had
voluntarily donated blood to save him. His parents were trying to contact him
in order to reward him handsomely.
v When I told my father that I was that, stranger' be was very proud
of me,' and congratulated me on the praise worthy deed I had done. Of course,
he forbade me to accept any reward for it.
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