{"id":11335,"date":"2017-03-29T16:36:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T10:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?p=11335"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:15:08","slug":"when-a-random-act-of-kindness-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/when-a-random-act-of-kindness-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"When A Random Act of Kindness Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/i-have-a-fear-in-kathmandu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the last blog post<\/a>, sharing a video of an ambulance stuck in traffic and the &#8220;business model&#8221; of ambulance drivers, I mentioned how I feared being a patient in an ambulance in Kathmandu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And just yesterday morning, I came across yet another ambulance stuck in traffic. But this time I did something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"When a Random Act of Kindness Calls\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GrIBiYa_qyU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">* * * * * * * *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Added after the publication of the blog post because of relevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kantipur<\/em> (Oct. 5, 2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kantipurdaily.com\/news\/2018\/10\/05\/153870290119472555.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u091c\u093e\u092e\u0932\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u092f\u094b \u091c\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928<\/a> (Traffic Jam Takes a Life). [Added on Nov. 6, 2018.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote twitter-tweet is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I maintain a list of things that I hope doesn&#8217;t happen to me or I hope I don&#8217;t have to face. One of them is the hope that I don&#8217;t have to be transported by an ambulance. Here&#8217;s why! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nepal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Nepal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeathInAmbulance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DeathInAmbulance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Traffic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Traffic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jGidDccqPb\">https:\/\/t.co\/jGidDccqPb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Dorje Gurung (@Dorje_sDooing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dorje_sDooing\/status\/1048040382574080000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 5, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of what I did yesterday morning when I came across another ambulance stuck in traffic, knowing how I feared being a patient in an ambulance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":11339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"When A Random Act of Kindness Calls #Kathmandu #Nepal #Ambulance #Traffic","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152],"tags":[440,322,441,439],"class_list":["post-11335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kathmandu-mustang-nepal","tag-health-care-system","tag-kathmandu-driving","tag-kathmandu-traffic","tag-medical-system"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ambulance-stuck-in-traffic-feat-image.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Jbro-2WP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30047,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11335\/revisions\/30047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}