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Mr. Ashok Verma, Mr. Suresh Gupta and Mr. Jitender Kapoor were all classmates till the completion of B.Sc graduation from Ramjas College, Delhi University. Mr. Ashok Verma was having bandage on his leg and had problem in walking too. Later on this was diagnosed as Hemophilia. Ashok and his family used to stay in Sadar area and later in the 1960s, he shifted to Sonepat. It was sometime during 1979, Ashok had severe bleed in his leg and it was untreatable in India. As providence would have it, Ashok’s younger brother, who was a senior Officer in Indian Navy, met Prof. P. M. Mannucci (Italy) in a flight, when he conveyed the problem of Ashok. Prof. Mannucci offered to treat him in Italy free of cost, but other expenses had to be borne by Ashok. The Verma family and his friends collected funds and made it possible to send Ashok for treatment to Italy. He stayed there for 3 months and the leg below knee was amputated. It is during this time, Prof. Mannucci suggested to Ashok to work for

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