Return on Investment !

15months ago, one unknown colleague with his wife was visiting mountains on Kashmir on vacation.
And then one of the most unfortunate things happened to them.

This colleagues wife fell on a mountainous road unconscious, with a some sort of brain damage.

Some army people rescued them and took to Srinagar hospital. Where the doctors or nurses were not coming to hospital as there was terrorism threat and bombs were going off on the road.

This person, calls everyone for help. One of them being one of my closest friend, who is a first cousin. And this cousin asked me if something can be done.

That fateful day, way back in Bangalore, all I did was made a couple of calls, totaling 5 mins of my time, explaining Cisco Safety and HR that how there SOS insurance money is not being fully utilized, and airlifting this girl from the valleys is worth the cost (38K USD).

Luckily they agreed, even though the person injured is not an employee. Her spouse was. And they were not on business. They were on vacation.

She was airlifted from Srinagar to Bangalore. It was a case, where a lot of doctors gave up hope.
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And a 15 long months, this is one e-mail I got today !!! Removing names for anonymity.

Hi All,

Its been about 15 months that my wife had met with the head injury and *** helped me to get her to Bangalore.

I am very happy to tell you that she has started going to office from last week. She has also shown great courage/co-operation to undergo all medications and therapy for the last 15 months to reach the position she is in right now.

This would not have possible without the help from ***. I really thank you all once again for helping me when needed.

Thanking you All,

XX & XX-wife

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What could be a better pay for a five min call ? :)