Kannada
actress
Dr.
Bharathi
Vishnuvardhan,
who
is
planning
to
take
up
several
charity
works
on
the
eve
of
her
late
husband
Dr.
Vishnuvardhan's
birthday
on
18th
September,
has
become
a
real
life
heroine
by
saving
the
life
of
a
boy
named
Akshay
Rao
Salanke.
She
gave
financial
assistance
to
this
18-year-old
boy,
who
suffered
kidney
failure.
Akshay
Rao
Salanke,
a
PUC
II
student
of
Shanthi
Niketan
College,
Bangalore,
collapsed
while
writing
II
PUC
final
exam
(English)
on
March
29,
2010.
He
was
rushed
to
Victoria
Hospital.
The
doctors
at
the
hospital
diagnosed
his
illness
as
kidney
failure
and
suggested
transplant,
which
would
cost
more
than
Rs.4
lakhs.
Akshay's
father
Mr.Parashurama
Rao,
who
is
working
with
a
small
private
company,
could
not
afford
to
pay
the
operation
charges
though
his
wife
(a
housewife)
was
willing
to
donate
one
of
her
kidneys.
As
fate
has
it,
Bharathi
Amma,
wife
of
late
legendry
actor
Dr.
Vishnuvardhan,
learned
about
the
boy
and
offered
to
pay
a
portion
of
surgery
charge.
Akshay
is
currently
recuperating
in
the
hospital
after
successful
surgery.
However,
his
parents
are
finding
hard
to
meet
his
post-operation
expenses,
which
amounts
to
approximately
Rs.8,000/-
per
month.
Anyone
who
wishes
to
help
Akshay
can
contact
9844321011/9343536585
or
deposit
the
donation
to
Account
No.1052500110897701,
Karnataka
Bank,
Vijaynagar
Branch,
Bangalore.