By: Express News Service Ahmedabad | February 25, 2025 03:28 IST 3 min readLalit Parmar (left) with ambulance driver Bharat Prajapati (Express Photo)It was 2.45 in the afternoon on Monday when paramedic Lalit Parmar, 40, who was on duty in an ambulance in Banaskantha district, received a call for an emergency case.A man in the neighbouring Patan district had come under an attack by hundreds of bees. Parmar asked the ambulance driver to rush him to the spot and within a few minutes, found himself in Dindrol village of Siddhpur taluka of Patan district to witness Shravan, 35, being relentlessly stung by the bees.Parmar had no equipment or uniform, not to mention the experience, to tackle such a case. But then he remembered something that had been lying unused inside the ambulance for long – a PPE suit used during the Covid times. For the head gear, he borrowed a helmet from a passer by. He then mixed soap with sanitiser to make a lotion, wore his surgical gloves, and, standing at a safe distance from Shravan, sprayed it on the man, chasing away the bees.Shravan was shifted to the hospital where he is undergoing treatment. His condition is said to be stable. Being hailed for saving Shravan’s life, Parmar said his ingenuity had its roots in his experiences back home. “We usually use liquid soap to drive away the bees that make hives around our homes. We used the same technique but added sanitiser as well to act as a sort of disinfectant since we had it in our ambulance. The trick worked and we managed to drive the bees away,” Parmar told the Indian Express about his “desi nuskha (home remedy)”.Local residents said Shravan was taking an afternoon nap under a tree when the beehive fell on his head. Since none of the neighbours knew how to help, Shravan’s mother called the 108 emergency number and the ambulance, piloted by Bharat Prajapati with Parmar on board, stationed in Vadgam Taluka of Banaskantha, was immediately dispatched to the village.It took them less than 20 minutes to cover the distance. Parmar said it looked like Shravan had been under the bee attack for at least half an hour before he arrived. Baldev Rabari, the programme coordinator for Patan and Banaskantha for EMRI, which runs the emergency service, confirmed, “Paramedic Parmar mixed shampoo and sanitiser in a spray bottle and rushed to the victim, who was still writhing on the ground, attempting to stave off the bees.”© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Banaskantha districthoney bees