New Delhi/Lucknow: One of the many ‘corona warriors’ on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19, Ramakrishna literally dropped everything he was doing back home in Telangana and headed 1,500 km to Lucknow when he got a call from his guide requesting that he return to his ‘post’ – his laboratory.
The PhD scholar at the microbiology department of Lucknow's King George Medical University was helping his parents farm their land in their village in Khammam district when his head of department Amita Jain phoned him.
His help was needed in testing samples for the infection that was spreading rapidly. And like a soldier called back in war-time, Ramakrishna said he immediately packed his bags and even lied to his parents, worried like