Covid-19 warrior Noori Parveen: A Rs10 doctor who selflessly looked after patients during pandemic
Dr. Noori Parveen started her clinic in 2020 and charged only Rs 10 for consultation. She kept her clinic open even during Covid-19 to look after her patients. Noori Parveen is being acclaimed as 'Mother Teresa of Kadapa' for her contribution to the community through her clinic. The 29-year-old says, "I set my cost at Rs 10 because everybody can afford it, says Noori, whose clinic is in an area dominated by daily gamblers.' Noori, the MBBS doctor in the Chilakalabavi neighbourhood of Kadapa town in Andhra Pradesh, opened Dr Noori Parveen Hospita in February 2020. Word immediately spread about the 'Rs 10 doctor,' and patients began to come in. However, she was forced to close the clinic after the government declared a statewide lockdown to combat Covid in March 2020, just about a month after she began. But, as a kind person, she couldn't stand by and watch people suffer due to a lack of medical attention. As a result, she reopened her clinic i...