Karimul Haque is a plantation worker from Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal. He lost his beloved mother 32 years ago because he did not have the money to call an ambulance. He was disturbed by the thought that he could have saved his mother if he had been taken to the hospital on time. He eventually converted his two-wheeler into an ambulance to help those in distress as well. However, his sincere approach was ridiculed by the villagers. But over the years, people began to recognize his goodness.

Today, Haque, known as 'Bike-Ambulance-Dada', is the God on earth for the weak and sick villagers, They have a hope that they can go to him at any time of the night. He would take them to the hospital for free on his bike.  In 2017, the country honored Haque with the Padma Shri for his outstanding service.

Haque lost his mother in 1995. "My mother had a heart attack in the middle of the night, but we could not get her to the hospital. We just had to watch her cry as she was dying. The next morning my mother died. There was nothing I could do," he said. Four years later, a colleague in the tea garden, where he worked part-time, fell ill. Haque borrowed his manager's bike and drove the friend to the hospital that day. "It's a joy to be able to save a life. I do not want anyone to have the same fate as my mother," he says.

Slowly, he began to transport patients to the hospital by bicycle or bicycle rickshaws. In 2007, he borrowed Rs 7,000 from a neighbor to buy a second-hand motorbike. Then it started taking patients to the hospital. Two years later, he took out a bank loan to buy a TVS110.

Recognizing his service, Bajaj gifted him a bike with a side car in 2016. He then received several donations. Today he owns two regular ambulances. He had no schooling under the tutelage of doctors and now knows how to measure temperature and blood pressure and provide first aid.  He also runs health camps in tribal areas. In these times of contagion, he is more busy.

Haque now distributes food and rations to the poor and unemployed migrant workers. With the help of donations, Haque provides rations to thousands and food to 200 migrant workers. He has hired people to make food in his house. He says he can do all this mainly through donations.

He earns a very small amount of money every month. But, despite all the challenges, he never failed to get a single patient to the hospital. More than half of his salary is spent on fuel for the bike and medicine for the poor. The rest is through donations from others. Although he did not earn a lot of money or possessions in his life, he still possessed an invaluable heart. Today that ‘bike-ambulance-dad’ is the light of a lot of people’s lives.