Ms. Veeralakshmi

“There is nothing in this world that can be achieved by one gender alone” with this belief Ms. Veeralakshmi takes the bigger responsibility in hand- to ferry those in need of medical help to the nearest medical facility. She is Tamil Nadu’s first woman ambulance driver and said to be the only serving woman ambulance driver in India. A mother of two, Veeralakshmi said, after watching the entire country battling against the COVID-19 pandemic, she wanted to help people and this promoted her to take up the job. She has done her diploma in Automobile Engineering and worked as a taxi driver. With a 3-year road-experience as a taxi driver and a heavy-duty license in hand, Veeralakshmi went ahead and applied when state was recruiting people for 108 ambulances. She says “I had no fear. I was interested in taking up this job. I was serving as a call taxi driver for three years. I wanted to step out and help the people in this difficult period. I started training for the ambulance pilot position since the beginning of June. With the support of seniors and others, I completed my training and now I am completely focused on the job”.