India coronavirus: ‘My little girls don’t know their mum died of Covid’

Altuf Shamsi with his wife Rehab and children before the pandemic

She took a Covid test as per protocol - but, to our shock, the result returned positive. We knew the hospital did not admit Covid positive patients, but our gynaecologist suggested we postpone the delivery as Rehab still had some time. She said we should focus on getting her treated for Covid. The hospital made us sign documents which said that there were high chances of her bleeding to death. It was like jumping off a cliff and hoping that you will land safely.The hospital also asked me to find an ICU bed in another hospital as Rehab was likely to be intubated after the surgery - and would need a full-fledged Covid treatment, which they couldn't provide.While I was preparing myself mentally for the surgery, bad news arrived.

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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