Updated On: 25 April, 2010 01:48 AM IST | | Khalid A-H Ansari
Gordhan Kanayalal Rajani, the first doctor of Indian origin in the history of the remote Danish colony near Iceland, who is stranded in Mumbai has turned personal misfortune into a blessing by alleviating pain and suffering in Mumbai
Gordhan Kanayalal Rajani, the first doctor of Indian origin in the history of the remote Danish colony near Iceland, who is stranded in Mumbai has turned personal misfortune into a blessing by alleviating pain and suffering in Mumbai
Unable to return home in the Faroes Islands because of the chaos caused by volcano Eyjafjallajokull, Gordhan Kanayalal Rajani, the first doctor of Indian origin in the history of the remote Danish colony near Iceland, has turned personal misfortune into a blessing by alleviating pain and suffering in Mumbai.
The affable Rajani (GK to his legion of friends) had rushed recently to Mumbai with his charming wife Gudrun for the funeral of his brother.
Stranded in Mumbai and waiting for air traffic to his distant northerly home to resume, the 76-year old orthopaedic surgeon, whose knowledge of general medicine and surgery is encyclopedic, has been playing Good Samaritan and providing the healing touch, free of charge, to a large number of patients here.
The Faroes (Foroyar), with a population of around 50,000, is a colony of Denmark.
Descendants of Viking convicts who fled Norway by sea around the year 900 A.D. and settled in the Faroes and Iceland, the fiercely-independent natives have their own flag, national anthem and currency. Their language is more akin to Icelandic than to that of Scandinavian neighbours, Norway and Denmark.
A penniless 'GK' sought fresh pastures in London at the age of 25 (along with illustrious neurophysician Dr Bhim Singhal) after a brief stint at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital following studies at the Jai Hind and Grant Medical colleges, thanks to friends who raised the money.
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