Manipur CM's award to woman auto driver for ferrying a recovered COVID-19 patient

    Imphal, June 11 (PTI) Manipur Chief Minister N Biren
Singh Thursday awarded a woman auto driver for ferrying a
person who had recovered from COVID-19 in a hospital here to
Kamjong district, over 100 km away.
    The ambulance service of the state-run Jawaharlal
Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal, where the woman
patient was being treated, had refused to take her home as she
hailed from another district, a release by the department of
information and public relations said.
    Laibi Oinam volunteered to drop the recoverd patient,
who had returned from Kolkata, and drove for eight long hours
during the intervening night of May 31 and June 1 here to
reach the destination in a village in the far flung hill
district.
     The chief minister handed over cash award of Rs
1,10,000 to Oinam, the release said.
    The award was sponsored by some entrepreneurs of the
state and by Manipuri expatriates as an appreciation of
Oinam's humane act and service.
    Oinam, who is a mother of two sons, is the sole
breadwinner of her family.
    A documentary film based on her life entitled 'Auto
Driver' had won many accolades including best social issue
film in the non-feature category at the 63rd National Film
Awards in 2015 and Best Short Documentary in the Audience
Choice category at the 2017 Women's Voices Now Film Festival.
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