A video of an Assam doctor dancing in a PPE suit to spread positivity among Covid-19 patients at Assam’s Silchar Medical College & Hospital, Silchar is doing the rounds of the internet, and people are full of praise for the doctor.
In a video shared on Twitter by one user Dr Syed Faizan Ahmad, ENT surgeon Dr Arup Senapati is seen dancing to the song “Ghungroo” from the film ‘War’.
The video shows the surgeon effortlessly dancing in the protective gear.
Watch the video here:
Meet my #COVID duty colleague Dr Arup Senapati an ENT surgeon at Silchar medical college Assam .
Dancing infront of COVID patients to make them feel happy #COVID19 #Assam pic.twitter.com/rhviYPISwO— Dr Syed Faizan Ahmad (@drsfaizanahmad) October 18, 2020
Actor Hrithik Roshan, who originally danced to the song, also responded, praising the doctor for his moves and spirit.
Tell Dr Arup I’m gonna learn his steps and dance as good as him someday in Assam . Terrific spirit . 🕺🏻 https://t.co/AdBCarfCYO
— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) October 19, 2020
“Tell Dr Arup I’m gonna learn his steps and dance as good as him someday in Assam. Terrific spirit,” the actor wrote on Twitter, reacting to the Assam doctor in PPE.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Dr Senapati said, “It was the last of the seven days of gruelling duty at the Covid ward. We were to start our mandatory quarantine the next day — my colleagues had already told me that I must dance on the last day of my duty.”
“They [patients] were very happy and so was I. I just wanted to keep the morale up. The week had been tough, the PPE is difficult to work in. While the recovery rate has improved in Assam, and things are looking better, the war is far from over, we are still working every day to beat this.”
Dr Senapati has been an avid dancer, right from his college days at the Gauhati Medical College.
Netizens were in awe of the way Dr Arup was dancing and that is why the video garnered over 540K views after being shared with 8.2K retweets.