‘Jodha Akbar’ and ‘Yeh Hai Mohabbatein’ fame actor Lokendra Singh Rajawat’s leg has been amputated last week due to his blood sugar reaching beyond dangerous limits. In an interview with BT, Lokendra shared his pain and said, “I could do nothing. I was working so well before the COVID pandemic, work started decreasing a lot and there was a certain amount of financial stress at home.”
With a choking voice, he further adds, “It all began when I developed a corn in my right foot and I neglected it. It became an infection that percolated into the bone marrow and in no time, had spread in my body. I developed gangrene. The only way to save myself was to get the corned leg amputated till the knee,”
Lokendra’s surgery was done at Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mira Road which lasted for 5 hours.
Looking back, he said, “I wish I had taken care of my diabetes when it began about 10 years ago. We actors often have no fixed timings when shooting and our erratic hours of lunch and work have an adverse effect on our health. Add this to the stress. All this leads to diabetes and not if you are fond of sweets.”
“I have got financial aid through CINTAA. Actors have been calling up to know about my health and providing motivation,” he added.
Besides several tv shows like CID, Crime Patrol, and others, Lokendra was also seen in the Ranbir Kapoor starrer ‘Jagga Jasoos’ and ‘Malaal’ featuring Meezaan Jaffrey.
Lokendra is still keeping his spirits high as he plans to fit an artificial leg with the help of Nupur Alankar. Nupur Alankar is also nursing Savita Bajaj. Nupur has also promised to take care of the expenses of the hospital as well as for fitting the leg. “But the wound has to heal first. The artificial leg will come in only later,” Lokendra concluded.