100. A Swayamsevak’s health was more precious to him than "Olympic  fame":

Prior to his departure to Germany for 1936 Olympics, Shri Shivajirao Patwardhan, the leader of the Bharateeya contingent, had arrived at Pune along with his team.  Exhibition matches were held everywhere, and it was considered a great Olympian honor to sit on the dias with Shri Patwardan. Every so called "celebrity" was hankering after such an opportunity,

Since Shri Patwardhanji deeply respected P.P.Doctorjee and Sangha work, he had specially invited P.P.Doctorjee and the Swayamsevaks to one such exhibition game. The 1936 O.T.C at Pune was in full swing, and some 90 Swayamsevaks in full uniform arrived with P.P.Doctorjee to the function. As was natural with them, some Swayamsevaks also began to help out with the management of the function, arranging the stage, etc. When the games started Shri Patwardhanji made P.P.Doctorjee as the President of the function and was explaining the various games and details to him. In the atrocious summer heat, suddenly, a swayamsevak developed stomach cramps, got sunstroke, and fell down on the ground.  Instantly, P.P.Doctorjee and Shri Patwardhanji ran to him and began to give him firs aid.  In a moment, the young swayamsevak recovered and stood up and expressed his wish to go back to the dormitory (hostel) in which all the O.T.C kids were staying.  Paying little heed to newspaper photography and reporters who wanted to interview him, P.P.Doctorjee himself took the boy back to the dormitory, applied hot pads and gave his stomach an oil massage. P.P.Doctorjee stayed with him until he was convinced that the boy was fully recovered.  Back at the stage, the newspapermen were left wondering, as to what took P.P.Doctorjee so long, and why did he personally go to attend to the boy.

Shri Patwandharji said: "That is no surprise to me This is exactly how P.P.Doctorjee is , and his Swayamsevaks are. Human considerations are far more important to them than newspaper publicity".

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