One man's ordeal in India as the second wave of coronavirus devastates his family.
India's devastating second Covid wave has left thousands of families reeling from unspeakable grief. Each ordeal is a story of how neglect, unpreparedness and a poorly thought-out vaccine strategy has resulted in so many deaths. Here is Altuf Shamsi's story in his own words, as told to the BBC.Our gynaecologist had advised us to come to the hospital no later than 22 April. The plan was to have the baby the next day as Rehab was already in the 38th week of her pregnancy.
The next say, the doctor said we could lose the baby since Rehab was on strong medication. In the evening, her condition worsened and she was put on oxygen support. Doctors decided to deliver the baby through an emergency C-section. My mother, also positive, was still at home on mild oxygen support. She didn't even know that her husband and daughter-in-law were battling for life.
The hospital did not have enough nurses and by now, I was Covid positive too, but I decided to take the risk and stay by Rehab's bedside. I had to constantly remind the nurses about her medication. They kept telling me to move her elsewhere. I called everyone I knew to find a bed with a ventilator.Finally, I found an ICU bed, but there was no ambulance with life-support available to move her. I pleaded with the hospital to keep treating her and they did everything they could to save her.
I was numb. I was looking at his body, while reading SOS messages from Rehab's hospital for oxygen. My mother was also not doing well and my two daughters - seven and five - were asking why their mother was not yet home with their new sibling as promised.
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