thiruvananthapuram a ward member of vizhavoor in vilavoorkal panchayat has set an example by rescuing an old bedridden patient who was abandoned by his familywhen sanjay jagan 38 the ward member of vizhavoor saw the aged krishnan he was in such a miserable condition that the elderly mans body was full of wounds infested with maggots a severe wound in the leg had turned cancerous as he was bedridden he was not able to move out of the bed even for his bowel movements sanjay took it upon himself to bathe him dress him and shift him to general hospital for further medical caresanjay cleaned him and took to thiruvananthapuram general hospital and got him admitted there the elderly man is being cared for by the hospital staff krishnan has a few relatives who live in the neighborhood they were the ones who provided him food as they are financially unstable they were not able to help him much they were also unaware of the wound which had gotten severe they informed sanjay when the wound festered and began to emanate a stench krishnan has been a bedridden patient for more than six months and lived in a single room made of tarpaulin sheets he came into social service through church activities sanjay is accompanied by a team in his social service activities and they are always ready to help those in need i came to politics to make my social service useful to more people i work along with my team and i am very glad to say that we are able to take it forward in a positive way this has become a part of my life and i am ready to do anything in terms of service krishnan was a very healthy person and his present situation is quite miserable we are planning to clean his house and also to make other necessary arrangements for him said sanjay who is a daily wage worker with kerala water authority