Bengaluru Health Volunteer Breaks Down as the City Gasps for Life
Ameen Mudassir, a health volunteer who founded COVID Helpline Bangalore broke down in a video that went viral on 19 April.
“I just cannot control my emotions and I am sharing with you the hard reality.
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While Mudassir’s video has revealed the ground situation in Bengaluru, where the total number of active COVID-19 cases have reached 1.42 lakh, health department of Karnataka is in denial.
Dr K Sudhakar, health minister of Karnataka, told media persons on 19 April, “There is no dearth of oxygen. But there are some logistical issues which we are sorting out. We have called a meeting with industries minister and all producers and suppliers of oxygen. We will sort out the issue. Oxygen will not be an issue.”
Mudassir, in tears, told people to stay at home and asked the government to step in.
Ameen MudassirIn the last two, three days we are receiving calls from families who are literally begging to us. Crying and asking, ‘Sir, get us one bed. My mother is dying. My son is dying. Get us one injection of Remdesivir’. We did not want this for Bengaluru. My humble request to all of you, every Bangalorean, Please, please be at home.The health minister thinks that lockdown is a good idea. “It is a good move to break the chain. We all know it is not rocket science. If you want to temporarily break the chain, 14 days of lockdown will be essential,” he said.
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