. You know that Dr A J Cronin is extremely impressed by the selfless service rendered by Hassan during the voyage. Cronin recommends Hassan for promotion in the shipping company. Draft the e-mail recommendaton as Cronin would have written to the Director of the company.
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The Director
Ranaganji Ship Service
Xtreme Road
New York
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1st May, 2019
Subject: requesting to reward Hasan with a promotion
Sir,
With due respect, I am AJ Cronin, the physician of the ship. I am extremely impressed by the service of Hasan on voyage.
The selfless service Hasan rendered during
the voyage is something brave rare thing to see. He courageously saved everyone there. I request you to reward Hasan with a promotion in return for his service.
Yours Sincerely
A.J.Cronin
ANSWER..
Government Hospital Lord Curson Lane Calcutta 17 July 1940 The Director Eastern Import Export Company Strand London Dear Sir, Sub: Hasan, the Serang on Ranaganji Our last trip to Calcutta was quite eventful. Ranaganji had nearly 1500 passengers – mostly tourists and pleasure seekers. The voyage to Calcutta began favourably in calm, clear weather and we passed Aden without any incident. Now we were in the Arabian Sea. To our dismay and horror we discovered that two of our lascar deck hands had small pox. When I reported the matter to the Captain, Mr. Hamble, he told me to keep the matter a secret as the news would spread panic among the passengers. I was quite worried and did not know what to do and how to cope with the problem. It was then I realized what a good man Hasan, our serang, was. He told me not to worry. He made a shelter in the stern of the ship into which the infected patients were moved. He volunteered to nurse them without worrying about his own safety. Later more workers were diagnosed with smallpox. In all we had 14 cases and Hassan took care of all of them without murmur and complaint. I was astonished at his selfless service and devotion. Later two sick men died. Hasan sewed their shrouds and read loud a short passage from the Ramayana. We should know that he himself was a devout Muslim but he read the Ramayana because the persons who died were Hindus. It showed his religious tolerance. After that he cast the bodies overboard at midnight. When we reached Colombo the sick men were taken to the hospital. Hasan was in the forefront to help them, although some of them were with running sores of smallpox. Normally no one would dare to do such things. But Hasan did it. He really loved men. It is difficult to find such unselfish and self sacrificing people like Hasan. I strongly recommend that Hassan be given a promotion in recognition of his great services to the company. He should be made the Chief Petty Officer of Ranaganji. I will talk to you more about the trip to Calcutta when I return to London. With regards, (A.J. Cronin) Chief Physician