Gujarat: Post discharge, new mother in Bhavnagar goes to vote first with 2-day-old baby girl

RAJKOT: A women stepping out an ambulance carrying a bundle in her arms left many an onlooker bewildered at a poll booth at Kumbharvada of Bhavnagar on Sunday. But her responsibility and sense of duty as a citizen left her with many admirers too after 25 year old Vaishali Makwana, carried her 2-day-old newborn baby girl first to the poll booth straight after her discharge from Sir T Hospital.
While on her way home, Mawana expressed the desire to first cast her vote before reaching home and the 108 ambulance staff were only too happy to oblige. So, the vehicle carrying mother and infant made a stop at the voting booth and while the staff took care of her infant, the mother went inside to cast her vote.

“I believe that voting is a duty of every citizen and except unavoidable circumstances every citizen should come to vote. I am happy that ambulance staff accepted by request and my family members also support me to discharge my duty as a citizen,” said Makwana after her deed was done.

Program manager of 108 ambulance service for Bhavnagar, Chetan Gadhe said “When the woman wanted to sacrifice her physical comfort for the service of the nation, it was also a call for us to fulfil her desire to participate in the festival of democracy.”