Gopi Lai is a 53 year old fire fighter from Nepalganj Fire Brigade who faced a dilemma 25 years ago. His brother, Banney Khans wife was giving birth at home and she needed blood. Gobi Lai was scared, never had he given blood but he also realized that if he didn't help the baby and the mother would die. Only a young man in his late teens he decided to donate blood, the family was saved and Gopi was hooked on donating. In face he has devoted his entire life to giving blood and is known in his hometown simply as the Blood bank. On February 18th 2010 he gave his blood for the 123d time!
Once in a while my path is crossed by somebody that makes me stop and think about the umpteen ways of spending our short time here on earth. Gobi says in Republica that he sometimes travel across the border to India to donate, has never taken any money for his services and will continue donating blood every three months when his body is producing new blood cells. And maybe life is very simple sometimes. Gopi Lai realized he could do something good, didn't need the money so he simply did it.
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