Sonu Sood helps Gorakhpur's girl get knee replacement surgery

For almost six months, Pragya (22) was bed-ridden after her of both knees were damaged in an accident. But Thursday was a new day for Pragya as she took a few steps with the help of a walker following surgery. Her family has not stopped showering blessings on actor Sonu Sood who made it possible. In the first week of August, she tweeted Sood for help, and he replied after talking to a surgeon and called her to Delhi.

Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh): Continuing with his humanitarian gesture, actor Sonu Sood has extended a helping hand to Gorakhpur's Pragya Mishra who had sought Sood's help in getting a crucial knee replacement surgery, which will prevent her from being bedridden for life. Hit with financial tensions amid the coronavirus lockdown, Pragya's injury added to the woes of her father who is a priest of a local temple in Gorakhpur.

The 22-year-old girl whose real name is Devavandita had earlier last week tweeted asking Sood to help her financially so that she doesn't get "bedridden." "Sir I need your help Help me please I have requested you for help many times. Save me from being bedridden by helping me financially," she had tweeted with the prescription from the hospital that carried the estimated cost of the surgery which was over one lakh rupees.

Following this, Sood spoke to a hospital situated in Uttar Pradesh's Indirapuram and got the arrangements of the surgery done. "Have spoken to the doctor. Have lined up your travel too. Ur surgery will happen next week. Get well soon. God bless," Sood tweeted replying to Pragya.

Doctor Akhilesh Yadav who had operated upon Pragya, said that he went to meet the injured girl in Gorakhpur after receiving a call from the 'Dabangg' actor.

He further added that Sood kept inquiring about Pragya and his family's condition constantly and asked him if they were facing any problem with the hospital procedures.

Pragya's father Vinod said that besides the financial aid for the surgery, the Bollywood actor had also arranged their travel from Gorakhpur to Ghaziabad.

The actor has assisted numerous persons including distressed daily wage earners, migrant labourers stranded students and even a tractor to a family which could not amid the pandemic.

(With inputs from ANI)