Odisha's Subham Sabar, who was a manual laborer in Bengaluru, gets MBBS course admission after clearing NEET

Sabar, belonging to a poor family in the village of Mudulidhiah under the Banpur block in the Khurda district, secured 18,212 rank in the scheduled tribe category and was admitted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital.

The aspiration of being a doctor finally materialized for 19-year-old student Subham Sabar from Odisha, who has been employed as a labourer in Bengaluru to support his family, as he cleared the NEET UG exams and got admission into the MBBS course of a college here.

Sabar, a poor man from Mudulidhiah village, which comes under the Banpur block of Khurda district, was thrilled when he received a call from his teacher Basudev Moharana informing him that he had passed the entrance exams for admission to the MBBS course. 

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He stood at 18,212 in the scheduled tribe list and received admission to MKCG Medical College and Hospital here.

"Few days ago, I was working at the Bengaluru construction site, and my teacher called me one day. He asked me to give sweets to someone. I was taken aback and wondered why. He smiled and told me that I had cleared the NEET exams. I felt like dreaming.". I couldn't control my tears and came back home the next day with proper permission from the contractor who hired me to work," Sabar said.

He earned Rs 45,000 in his three-month working time, out of which he could save Rs 25,000.

On being asked why he undertook the trip to Bengaluru as a migrant worker, Sabar replied there was "no alternative but to support my family.".

"I come from a very poor family of five. Since the NEET exam was complete, I thought of working to earn some money to live with my family. I approached one local contractor who sent me to Bengaluru. The money I saved helped me secure admission at the medical college," he said.

After securing an MBBS seat in govt medical college, Sabar mentioned that he used to aspire to be a cop first, but began to dream of becoming a doctor once he started preparing for higher studies.

"As a tribal farmers child, I dared to dream. I am now on track to achieve my childhood dream of becoming a doctor and serve the people of Odisha," the medical student added.

Sahadeb and Rangi, his parents expected the government to provide him with financial assistance so that he could finish his five-year MBBS course.

 

"From childhood, he was very hard-working and meritorious. He wanted to be a doctor. His hard work ensured the success," said Subham's mother, Rangi.

 

Subham saw his parents and his brothers and sisters working day and night from childhood. He learned how to work hard and he succeeded," the overjoyed mother explained.